Bifunctional Chiral Auxiliaries 5: The Synthesis of 1,3-Diacylimidazolidine-2-thiones and 1,3-Diacylimidazolidin-2-ones from 1,2-Diamines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)85757-4

Although 1,2-diamines fail to cyclise with urea, phosgene or 1,1'-carbonyl diimidazole, they react with carbon disulphide to give the corresponding imidazolidine-2-thiones.These undergo clean diacylation to give 1,3-diacylimidazolidine-2-thiones which are