“…2,4-Dichlorothiazole-5-carbaldehyde (III) was obtained with 2,4-TZD and N,N-dimethylformamide in phosphoryl chloride (9). 2-Benzylsulfanyl-4-chlorothiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVa) (10), 2-(4-chlorobenzylsulfanyl)-4-chlorothiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVb) (11), 2-p-methoxybenzylsulfanyl-4-chlorothiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVc) (10), 4-chloro-2-[(2-phenylethyl)sulfanyl]-1,3-thiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVe) (12) and 4-chloro-2-piperidin-yl-thiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVf) (13) were obtained by 2,4-dichlorothiazole-5-carbaldehyde (III) with benzyl mercaptane, 4-chlorobenzyl mercaptane, p-methoxybenzyl mercaptane, 2-phenylethanethiol, piperidine in sodium carbonate/ acetonitrile, respectively. 4-Chloro-2-(2-chlorobenzylthio)thiazole-5-carbaldehyde (IVd) was synthesized by reacting III with 2-chloro benzyl mercaptane in sodium carbonate/acetonitrile.…”