Reactions of some diketones with thiosemicarbazide have been studied under various conditions. Monothiosemicarbazones, dithiosemicarbazones, and cyclization products call be obtained. It was found that dithiosemicarbazones form 1:l complexes with Cu(I1) but failed to react with Cu(1). Dithiosen~icarbazones in which the Nxhydrogen atom has been replaced by Me do not form complexes, conlirining our views about the irnporta~lce of this hydrogen atom in the thione ++ thiol tautomerism necessary for complex formation. 4,4-D~methyldithiosemicarbazones behave like the in substituted parent coinpounds in forming 1:l complexes with Cu(I1). Infrared spectra provide evidence for the structure of a cyclizatioil product, 5,6-diphenyl-3-thio-l,2,4-triazine, which had been erroneously described by various authors as the thiol tautomer, 5,6-diphenyl-3-n1ercapto-1,2,4-triazinc.In previous publications (1, 2), the reactions of thiosemicarbazones (tscs) with Cu (1) and Cu(I1) ions were reported. A polymeric structure was suggested for the insoluble 1:l coluplexes obtained froin these reactions (2), and the antifungal activity of both free tscs and their copper coinplexes \iras also reported (3). T h e present worl; describes the reactio~ls of mono-and di-tscs with a number of metals. I t was found t h a t monotscs which form colllplexes readily with copper in allialine or neutral solution fail to react similarly with the follo\\ring nletals: &(I), EIg(II), Ni(II), Mn(II), %n(II), Sn(II), Co(II), Fe(II), and Fe(II1). Guha-Sircar ct al. (4) obtainecl solid precipitates fro111 tscs and several of these metals a t pI-I from 3 to 7, and suggested that this 1-eaction could be used for the quantitative deterinination of cations. 111 the present ~o l -l i , precipitates were ol~tained with the catio~is mentio~led above but no definite products were isolated. T h e high lnetal content (approx. 5070) indicated that these solid matel-ials wei-e inostly inorganic, consisting probably of the metal sulphides.T h e fact that tscs for111 definite complexes i~rith copper only, coupled with our previous finding t h a t antifungal activity is usually limited t o the free tscs, the complexes being inactive (3), is believed to be quite significant in the study of the mechanisnl of antifungal action of these compounds. The role and the nature of the metal in biological processes involving metal-binding substailces is of great importance (5) and \\70rli is currently being carried out along this line and \\?ill be reported elsewhere.A number of ditl~iosemicarbazo~~es (clitscs) were prepared froill dicarbonyl compou~lds in order t o examine their reaction with metals and eventually t o study their antifullgal properties. T h e reaction of dicarbonyl compounds with thiosemicarbazide is not simple and ll~istures of products are usually obtained. T h e separation of these nlixtures is complicated by the low solubility of the various components and the discrepancies encountered in the literature co~lcerning their melting points.Clyosal (I) (R = R' = I...