Methyl dithioanthranilate hydrobromide (6) was synthesized by the deprotection of Z-protected methyl dithioanthranilate (5) which was obtained by treatment of Z-protected methylthioiminium iodide 4 with H2S. The 1,2-dihydro-4H-3,1-benzoxazine-4-thiones 10a-m were first synthesized by the reaction of methyl dithioanthranilate hydrobromide (6) with each aldehyde or ketone. Formaldehyde, in this reaction, gave N-(methylthio)methyl-4H-3,1benzoxazine-4-thione (11). Another new class of 1,2-dihydro-4H-3,1benzothiazine-4-thiones 12a-e were synthesized from the same reactants in the presence of two equivalents of sodium hydrogensulfide. Pyrazole derivatives 6 were also obtained when the iminodithiocarboxylic acids were treated with hydrazine. In addition to the above-mentioned reactions of the dithioacids to form various heterocyclic compounds, addition reactions of 2-aminocyclopent-1-ene-1-dithiocarboxylic acid to strongly electrophilic olefins to form stable dithioesters were also reported. 10 No further studies regarding the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds using 3-amino-2,3-unsaturated alicyclic dithiocarboxylic acids or 3-amino-2-cyanodithiocinnamic acids have thus been reported for over 36 years until we began to study the synthesis and reactions of methyl dithioanthranilate. Dithioanthranilic acid is considered to be a special case of 3-amino-2,3-unsaturated dithiocarboxylic acids, and is expected to give rise to some new types of heterocyclic compounds fused to benzene ring by allowing it to react with electrophilic reagents such as carbonyl compounds. Jourdan and co-workers 11 reported the formation of sodium dithioanthranilate by the reaction of 2-aminobenzotrifluoride with sodium sulfide in boiling dimethyl sulfoxide, but they isolated neither free dithioanthranilic acid nor any of its esters. The synthesis of the regioisomer of methyl dithioanthranilate, methyl 4-aminodithiobenzoate, which is utilized as a precursor compound for dyeing keratin fibers, was reported by Leon and co-worker. 12 Mckinnon and co-workers reported the synthesis of N-methyl derivative of methyl dithioanthranilate. 13 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION We are strongly interested in the physical and chemical properties and reactions of dithioanthranilic acid and its ester with electrophiles. These do not seem to be any way to introduce dithiocarboxyl group to the 2328