Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The reaction of anions from 1,2-bisimines with acid chlorides gives unacylated 2H-imidazoles. The unprecedented reactivity of these anions is interpreted by cyclization of the radical generated by electron transfer from the anion to the acid chloride.