Imidazolines were prepared in one-pot operation from aldehydes and diamines through oxidation of aminal intermediates by NBS. This method could be applied to various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes and N-nonsubstituted and N-monosubstituted 1, 2-diamines. Furthermore, it was found that CH2Cl2 could be altered to TBME, a more environmentally friendly solvent, in the reaction using N-nonsubstituted 1, 2-diamines. The reaction ...
[Houlihan, William J.; Munder, Paul G.; Handley, Dean A.; Cheon, Seung H.; Parrino, Vincent A. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 38, # 2 p. 234 - 240]