Catalytic methods were developed for the synthesis of N-hydroxyalkyl-1,5,3-dithiazepanes by recyclization of 1-oxa-3,6-dithiacycloheptane with amino alcohols and by intermolecular cyclization of 1,2-ethanedithiol with methoxymethylamino alcohols.According to published data [1], one of the methods for the synthesis of N-substituted 1,5,3-dithiazepanes is the three-component condensation of primary amines with formaldehyde and 1,2-ethanedithiol. Another method is based on the catalytic recyclization of 1,3,5-triazin-2-one with 1,2-ethanedithiol [2] or 1-oxa-3,6-dithiacycloheptane with primary amines, as well as using the transamination of N-alkyl-1,5,3-di-thiazepanes with aniline derivatives [3] or aliphatic ,ω-diamines [4]. There are no literature references regarding the preparation of N-hydroxyalkyl-1,5,3-dithiazepanes. The interest in this class of heterocycles is motivated by their possible use as fungicides [5,6].In order to develop an effective catalytic method for the synthesis of N-hydroxyalkyl-1,5,3-dithiazepanes, we studied the recyclization of 1-oxa-3,6-dithiacycloheptane (1) with amino alcohols. The preliminary experiments indicated that the uncatalyzed interaction of 2-amino-2-methylpropane-1,3-diol with equimolar quantity of 1-oxa-3,6-dithiacycloheptane (1) in an EtOH-CHCl 3 solvent mixture at room temperature over 3 h led to the formation of 2-(1,5,3-dithiazepan-3-yl)-2-methylpropane-1,3-diol (2) in a yield not exceeding 20%. For the purpose of optimizing the yield of the heterocycle 2, recyclization of 1-oxa-3,6-dithiacycloheptane (1) with amino alcohol was performed in the presence of catalysts based on salts of transition metals (Cu, Pd, Co, Ni, Zr, Ti) and rare earth metals (Eu, Er, Yb, La, Sm), which have shown high activity in heterocyclization reactions [7,8]. The highest activity in this reaction was observed for the catalysts based on rare earth metal salts, where the yield of 2-(1,5,3-dithiazepan-3-yl)-2-methylpropane-1,3-diol (2) increased in the following order (5 mol% of catalysts were used): EuCl 3 ·6H 2 O (45%), Er(NO 3 ) 3 ·6H 2 O (49%),