Previous papers from this Laboratory'have shown that the alkylation of the 2- arylthiazolidones gave both the 2-aryl-2-alkyl and the 2-aryl-3-alkyl derivatives. This paper is a study of the influence of allyl groups, of acyl groups and of phenyl and diphenylchloroacetyl chlorides in the formation and properties of such thiazolidones. Thus from mono-allylthiourea was obtained the 3-allyliminothiazolidone (the unstable form of ...