AbstractSeveral methods were explored for preparing certain 4,5‐disubstituted‐1,2,3‐thiadiazoles. The reaction of phenoxyacetyl chlorides with diazoacetylamides yielded α‐diazo‐β‐ketoacetamides which were cyclized, with hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydroxide, to 4‐carboxamido‐5‐phenoxymethyl‐1,2,3‐thiadiazoles. However, treatment of α‐diazo‐α‐benzoylacetamides with hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydroxide yielded hydrazones rather than thiadiazoles. The reaction of α‐[(ethoxycarbonyl)hydrazono]benzenepropanoic acid (25) with thionyl chloride yielded 5‐phenyl‐1,2,3‐thiadiazole‐4‐carbocylic acid (26a), the corresponding acid chloride 26b, and 5‐(phenylmethyl)‐2H‐1,3,4‐oxadiazine‐2,6(3H)dione (27). The yields of 26a, 26b, and 27 were dependent on the reaction conditions employed. Oxadiazine 27 could also be converted to acid chloride 26b with thionyl chloride. Reduction of 1‐([5‐(4‐chlorophenoxy)methyl‐1,2,3‐thiadiazol‐4‐yl]‐carbonyl)piperidine (10b) with diborane yielded a boron complex which produced 1‐([5‐((4‐chlorophenoxy)methyl)‐1,2,3‐thiadiazol‐4‐yl]methyl)piperidine (31) upon recrystallization from ethanol.