“…Elekt,ronische und sterisehe Effekt.e Heterocydes are assuming growing importance in recent years as intermediates in organic synthesis [2]. The decomposition react.ions of differently substituted 1, 'I, 3-triazolines (1H-4.5-dihydro-1,2,3-triazoles) make them useful in the synthesis of a host of organic compounds such as azomethines [2-41, uiridines [2-4], ketones [2--5], oxazolinrs [ 2 , 41. ninidines [2,4], ennniines [4-.j] and aminopyridazines [C], the product formed being largely dependent on t'he nature of the substituent groups.R'eceiit>ly we found t)liitt the oxidative dehydrogenation of 1, <>-subst itiited-1, ?,3-triazolines (1 ) bearing a pyridyl substituent In-p (R1, R2 see Table 1) 2a-p (R'), using phase-transfer c:~t:~lysis, provided a convenient route to thc synthesis of T)-hetero substituted lH-l,2,3-t~ri;izoles [7] (2).With the objective of evaluating the scope of triazoline oxidation in trinzole synthesis, we have now investigated t,he osida.tion of triszolines bearing 5-qninolyl and 6-t)hienyI groups as well as i~ number of 1, . :,-diary1 substituted triazolines and the electronic and steric effects of substituent groups on the plienyl rings.…”