Synthesis 1990; 1990(10): 951-955
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-27063
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A New Route to 1,3-Diacyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazoles

Martin Wolfgang Plath* , Hans-Dieter Scharf, Gerhard Raabe, Carl Krüger
  • *Institut für Organische Chemie der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, Prof.-Pirlet-Straße 1, D-5100 Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany
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17 September 2002 (online)

Preparative amounts of the title compounds can be prepared in high purity by hydrogenation of the corresponding 1,3-diacyl- imidazolium salts with sodium borohydride. Structures are confirmed by spectroscopic methods and in two cases by X-ray structure determination.