ARSTRACTThe effect of heat on arylamidoximes, a, has been examined. When acetic acid was used as solvent, amidoximes 111-, provided three prducts, viz., 3,5-bis-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles, a, 3-aryl-5-meth~l~,4-oxadiazoles, 3a-, and a small quantity of an unknown polar campound. Heating arylamidoximes at c o n t r o d temperature without acetic acid furnished bis-aryloxadiazoles, 2a-g. An insight has been obtained about the mechanism of f o m ation of 2 from 1.