Thiazole is a five-membered aromatic heterocycle containing nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms, which is widely found in drugs, natural products and functional materials.So far, there have been many reports on the synthesis of thiazole compounds.This review focuses on the synthetic methods for the preparation of thiazole rings and the scope of application of these synthetic methods, which can be used as a reference for other researchers to efficiently synthesize and apply thiazole compounds.