Abstract: Acetylation of bibenzyl 1 yields 4, 4'-diacetylbibenzyl 2, which on condensation with different aryl amines gives corresponding Schiff's bases in situ. Nucleophilic addition of 2-mercaptopropionic acid or 2-mercaptosuccinic acid on Schiff's bases followed by cyclodehydration in solvent-free condition under microwave irradiation affords 4, 4'-bis (3"- aryl-2"-methyl-5"-methyl/carboxymethyl-4"-oxo-thiazolidin-2"-yl) bibenzyl 3a-n with ...
[von Rosenberg, Joseph L.; Pinder, A. Reginald Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999), 1987 , p. 747 - 752]