“…The reactions of 5-arylidene-1,3-thiazolidine-2,4-dithiones with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD), maleic anhydride, maleimide, and acrylonitrile in acetic acid at room temperature have been reported to yield thiopyrano [2,3-d]thiazolidine-2-thiones. presence of carbonyldiimidazole affords N-substituted rhodanines 1, 7 which upon reaction with arylaldehydes form the corresponding arylidene derivatives 2 (Scheme 1). 7 PhNHC(S)C(O)NH1b 7 4-ClC 6 H 4 NHC(S)C(O)NH1c 7 …”