Vinyl bromides derivedfrom 2-alkylidene-4-oxothiazolidines represent a class of vinyl halides, which readily undergo a bromophilic attack by a range of nucleophiles. With Ph3P, AcS−, CN−, I−, F−, Ac2CH− and N3− the attack ends up with reductive debromination, whereas the bromine substitution takes place with KSCN. When acetate anion and organic bases, such as pyridine, Et3N or morpholine, are employed