Reactions of methyl chloro(phenyl)pyruvate with 1,3 bis(phenylthioureido)benzene easily afforded 1,3 bis(4 hydroxy 4 methoxycarbonyl 3,5 diphenylthiazolidin 2 ylideneamino)ben zene. Reactions of the latter with 1,2 phenylenediamines gave various derivatives of thiazo lo[3,4 a]quinoxalines, including their bisanalogs.Azolo[a]quinoxalines and their 4,5 dihydro deriva tives exhibit various biological and pharmacological prop erties 2-7 and are used in the synthesis of many biologi cally important compounds and drugs. 8-11 However, in contrast to the well studied synthesis and properties of the imidazo[1,5 a]quinoxaline system, methods for the synthesis of thiazolo[3,4 a]quinoxalines 1 first obtained 12 as late as 1982 remain poorly investigated. Known routes to compounds of this type 12-21 are based on three differ ent approaches.The first approach involves replacement of the halo gen atom in 3 (α haloalkyl)quinoxalin 2 ones 2 (X = Cl, R = H, and Y = Ph or 2,4 Cl 2 C 6 H 3 and X = Br, Y = Me, and R = H or Et) by thiocyanate, thiourea, or xanthate residues. The resulting quinoxalines 2 (X = SCN, R = H, and Y = Ph or 2,4 Cl 2 C 6 H 3 ) 15,16 and 3 (X = NH 2 , Y = NH, and Ar = Ph (see Ref. 17) and X = OMe, Y = S, and Ar = Ph or 2,4 Cl 2 C 6 H 3 (see Ref. 18)) easily undergo acid catalyzed cyclization into thiazolo[3,4 a]quinoxa