Donald P. Matthews,* Jeffrey P. Whitten, and James R. McCarthy ... Merrell Dow Research Institute, Indianapolis Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268-0470 ... During a recent synthetic program we required 4(5)- cyanoimidazoles 3 and 4(6)-cyano-2,2'-bi-lH-imidazoles ... R = 2-imidazolyl).l It was surprising to us to find no general and/or facile method for the preparation of these compounds.24 In this note we wish to report a facile, high yield method for the ...