In recent decades, the chemistry of functionally substituted 1,2,4-triazoles and the fused heterocyclic systems based on them have received significant attention due to their structural and biological characteristics. The 1,2,4-triazole ring is a fragment of many fungicides such as fluconazole, intraconazole, and voriconazole. 1 3-R-4-Amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-thiones were found to exhibit antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity. 2-5 Fused heterocyclic triazoles also possess important clinical applications; thus, 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles were reported as antiviral, antifungal, and antitumor agents. 6-8 Anti-HIV activity was also found. 9 Sterically hindered phenols were reported to possess anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties, 10,11 in addition to their well-known antioxidant activity. 12 As a continuation of our studies on the synthesis of azoles containing a hindered phenol moiety, 13,14 in the present work we have synthesized a number of novel compounds: substituted arylideneamino-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiones, 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles and 6-aryl/alkyl-amino[1,2,4]-triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles, based on 3-(4-hydroxy-2,6-di-tert-butylphenyl) propanoic acid hydrazide, in search of new structures potentially exhibiting useful properties. In this study two different approaches were used to prepare the starting 4-amino-3-[2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)ethyl]-1,2,4-triazole-5-thione 3 (Scheme 1). In the first case, 15,16 the reaction of the hydrazide 1 with carbon disulfide and methyl iodide took place in ethanol to give the methyl ester of dithiocarbazic acid 2 in two stages over 24 hours (see Experimental section). Heterocyclization of the compound 2 with hydrazine hydrate lead to the formation of 3-R-4-amino-1,2,4-triazol-5-thione 3 in 55% yield. In the second case the 1,2,4-triazole 3 was obtained by the interaction of equimolar amounts of 3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)propanoic acid 4 and thiocarbohydrazide. According to the published data, 17,18 this approach involves, in most cases, a short-term fusion of the initial reagents, but, in our case, even short heating of the reaction mixture above the melting point led to the destruction of the starting acid. So the reaction was carried out by refluxing