A novel two-step one-pot synthesis of 5-acyl-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles by the reaction of acyl chlorides with N-isocyanoiminotriphenylphosphorane in the presence of KSCN is described. It was found that THF and KSCN are the key reagents to obtain the desired products in high isolated yields.2-Amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles have been reported to be useful in many different fields and applications, for example, exerting immunotropic activity, 2 as antimicrobials, 3 as antibacterials, 4 as fungicides, 5 showing anti-allergy activity, 6 as dyes, 7 as virus inhibitors, 8 as drugs, and drug intermediates. 9 The entity 5-acyl-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole is considered as a promising building block in organic chemistry with two functional groups, the amine and the preferred methanone. Synthesis of 5-acyl-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles was first published in 1975 by Werber and co-workers by a twostep synthesis where phenylglyoxal was reacted with thiosemicarbazide and the formed intermediate was isolated and cyclized using ferric chloride. 10 In the following years there have been more reports on the synthesis of 5-acyl-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles, all based on cyclizations with thiosemicarbazide as a reagent. 11When we needed to synthesize a wide range of different 5-acyl-2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles for a pharmaceutical project, we felt that the published procedures did not meet our needs. Instead, we looked at the formed intermediate from the reaction between N-isocyanoiminotriphenylphosphorane and acyl chlorides and envisaged that this intermediate could be cyclized in situ into the desired 5-acyl-2-aminothiadiazoles using potassium thiocyanate. 12 A similar route to synthesize thiadiazolo[2,3-b]quinazoline have earlier been reported by Shawali and co-workers. 13