An Efficient Preparation of 2-Imidazolines and Imidazoles from Aldehydes with Molecular Iodine and (Diacetoxyiodo)benzene

Ishihara Midori. Togo Hideo. Synlett  2006, 227

In Scheme 1, the stereochemistry of (R,R)-(+)-diphenylethylenediamine, and that of the resulting product, was incorrect. The corrected scheme is shown here:

Scheme 1