Alkylation of N-arylcyanamides with (chloromethyl)thiirane in aqueous alkaline solution provides an easy synthetic approach to N-aryl-N-(thietan-3-yl)cyanamides. Yields vary from 34 to 76% and are lower in the case of electron-deficient aryl substituents. The reaction with phenols containing electronwithdrawing groups results in formation of 3-(aryloxy)thietanes in 19-45% yields.Small molecules comprise a vast majority of successfully designed, tested, and clinically approved drugs [1,2]. Structure-activity relationship practices used in early steps of the molecular design call for a large variety of substituents that one should be able to install onto the desired scaffold for the screening purposes. Therefore, simple and selective methods for the functionalization of organic molecules (as can be illustrated by examples of O-alkylation of phenols and N-acylation and N-sulfonylation of amines) play an important role whenever it is necessary to quickly achieve high molecular diversity or optimize the substrate-target interaction by varying the substitution pattern of the substrate. The absence of transition metal catalyst in such reactions is an additional advantage if bioactivity tests are in view.Small-ring heterocycles provide an attractive extension to the small alkyl and cycloalkyl set of substituents, as the presence of a heteroatom allows for an additional hydrogen bonding or dipole interactions between the substrate molecule and its target. Three-membered heterocycles, such as oxirane or aziridine fragments, often introduce unwanted reactivity because of the possibility of ring-opening reactions resulting in formation of electrophilic species. Four-membered heterocyclic fragments containing one heteroatom are inherently stable but notoriously difficult to synthesize. In this work, a simple and versatile method of introduction of 3-thietanyl substituent is discussed.