2-Aryl(heteryl, dimethylamino)-6-bromomethylidene-4,4-dimethyl-5H-1,3,4-oxadiazinium bromides were prepared in good yields by the reactions of 1-aroyl(heteroyl)-2,2-dimethylhydrazines and 1,1,4,4-tetramethylsemicarbazide with 1,3-dibromopropyne in MeOH or MeCN at 20 350oC.Among diverse transformations of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine and its derivatives, their quaternization with haloalkynes has been studied relatively poorly. The reactions of 1,1-dimethylhydrazine with propargyl bromide [1] and propargyl chloride [2] yield 1,1-dimethyl-1-(propyn-2-yl)hydrazinium bromide and chloride, respectively. Aroylethynyl bromides react with 1,1-dimethylhydrazine in MeCN at 20oC to give 1-(1-bromo-2-aroylvinyl)-1,1-dimethylhydrazinium bromides [3]. The reactions of 1,1-dimethylhydrazines with propargyl bromide and 1,3-dibromopropyne in MeCN and benzene at 20oC gave in 30 372% yields the corresponding 1,1-dimethyl-1-(prop-2-ynyl)-and ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1,1-dimethyl-1-(3-bromoprop-2-ynyl)hydrazinium bromides [4].We found that the reactions of 1-benzoyl-, 1-(4-bromobenzoyl)-, 1-(2-chlorobenzoyl)-, 1-(4-toluyl)-, 1-(2-thenoyl), and 1-(2-furoyl)-2,2-dimethylhydrazines Ia3If and of 1,1,4,4-tetramethylsemicarbazide Ig with 1,3-dibromopropyne yield 2-aryl(heteryl, dimethylamino)-6-bromomethylidene-4,4-dimethyl-5H-1,3,4-oxadiazinium bromides IVa3IVg. In the first step, hydrazines Ia3If are alkylated with 1,3-dibromopropyne at the tertiary nitrogen atom to give 1-aroyl(heteroyl)-2-(3-bromoprop-2-ynyl)-2,2-dimethylhydrazinium bromides. Me 2 N3NH3C3R 777776 BrC=C3CH 2 Br Me 2 N3NH3C3R o O o O + g H 2 C3C=CBr Br 3