An effective, diversity oriented,
one-pot reaction of 4-amino-2-(het)aryl/alkyl-5-functionalized
thiazoles has been disclosed, utilizing aryl/heteroaryl/alkyl dithioesters
as thiocarbonyl coupling partners in a modified Thorpe–Ziegler
type cyclization. The reaction proceeds at room temperature, under
mild conditions, in excellent yields, displaying broad functional
group compatibility at 2 and 5 positions of thiazoles. This synthetic
strategy has been further expanded for the one-pot construction of
two highly potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors, i.e., 2-(het)aryl-4-amino-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxyaroyl)
thiazoles, in high yields.