Fifteen amidrazone derivatives (six being new compounds) were synthesized a
nd their proton magnetic resonance spectra were recorded in trifluoroacetic
acid (TFA). The protonation shifts, related to alkyl groups and observed o
n comparison of the spectra run in a neutral solvent and TFA, were attribut
ed to an amidinium-type resonance of the resulting cations in the acidic me
dium.