IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES .7. 2,3-DIHYDRO-1,3 ,4,5-TETRAMETHYL-2-METHYLEN-1H-IMIDAZOLE AS COUPLING REAGENT - THE X-RAY STRUCTURE OF BIS(1,3,4,5-TETRAMETHYL-2-IMIDAZOLYL)METHYLIUM IODIDE
N. Kuhn et al., IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES .7. 2,3-DIHYDRO-1,3 ,4,5-TETRAMETHYL-2-METHYLEN-1H-IMIDAZOLE AS COUPLING REAGENT - THE X-RAY STRUCTURE OF BIS(1,3,4,5-TETRAMETHYL-2-IMIDAZOLYL)METHYLIUM IODIDE, Liebigs Annalen der Chemie, (10), 1993, pp. 1149-1151
ihydro-1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-2-methylen-1H-imidazole (1) reacts with 1,3
,4,5-tetramethyl-2-(methylthio)imidazolium iodide (4) in the presence
of pyridine to give bis(1,3,4,5-tetra-methyl-2-imidazolyl)methylium io
dide (5) which is also formed by the reaction of 4 and methyl lithium
in the ratio 2:3. The X-ray structure of 5 is reported.