Abstract A NBS-mediated sequential one-pot synthesis of multifunctionalized thiazoles and thiophenes from 1, 3-dicarbonyl compounds and mercaptonitrile salts has been developed under mild conditions. This transformation involves sequential bromination/SN 2 alkylation/Thorpe–Ziegler cyclization/regio-selective elimination of a–COR group, affording the desired products in moderate to good yields. The sequence of the leaving reactivity of ...