“…20 °C followed by stirring for 1 h was reported to give 1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazolo [3,4-d]thiazole-5-carbonitrile (4a) in 81% yield. 17 In our hands, however, the reaction gave a complex mixture from which we isolated five products: 4,6-dimethyl-6H-pyrazolo [3,4-c]isothiazole-3-carbonitrile (5a), N-(4-chloro-5H-1,2,3-dithiazol-5-ylidene)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-amine (3a), 5-amino-1,3-dimethyl-1Hpyrazole-4-carbothioyl cyanide (10), (3Z,3′Z)-N′,N″trisulfanediylbis (4,6-dimethyl-6H-pyrazolo[3,4-c] [3,4-c]isothiazole-3-carbimidoyl chloride (12) in 12,5,4,12,and 13% yields,respectively (Scheme 3).…”