An efficient method for the desulfurization-oxygenation of 1,3-thiazolidine-2-thiones and 1,3-oxazolidine-2-thiones using propylene oxide and employing microwave irradiation is described. This strategy of oxygenation of the thiocarbonyl group provides an attractive methodology to prepare chiral 1,3-thiazolidin-2-ones and 1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones from the corresponding precursors in good yields.