Mercaptoacetic acid based expeditious synthesis of polyfunctionalised 1,3-thiazines

A novel three-component expeditious synthesis of 3,6-diaryl-5-mercaptoperhydro-2-thioxo-1,3-thiazin-5-ones from 2-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxathiolan-5-one, an aromatic aldehyde and an N-aryldithiocarbamic acid is reported. The synthesis is diastereoselective and involves tandem Knoevenagel, Michael and ring transformation reactions under solvent-free microwave irradiation in a one-pot procedure.