“…Although numerous procedures for the synthesis of 1,2,4-triazoles with various substituents have been reported, few studies have described the direct synthesis of 3-N-substituted-1,2,4-triazoles and 5-unsubstituted-1,2,4triazoles. Over the past 50 years, the most widely used methods for the synthesis of 3-amino-2H-1,2,4-triazoles have involved the reaction of hydrazine hydrate with various cyanamides, such as N-cyanoethanimidothioates 12,13 and N-cyanoimidates, [14][15][16] and the reaction of amines with hydrazonitrile derivates, such as N′-cyanobenzohydrazides. 17,18 However, the substrates used in the above methods require cyanides, which are obtained from hypertoxic cyanogen chloride/bromide reacting with amines, imide or hydrazine salts.…”