| abstract |
α,ω-Bis(guanidinium)alkane salts which contain a heterocyclic nitrogen moiety are prepared by the reaction of a tetraalkyl urea with phosgene or phosphorus oxychloride, or by the reaction of a tetraalkyl thiourea with an N-N-dialkylcarbamoyl halide, to yield a chloroformamideinium salt, followed by reaction of said salt with a monoalkylamine and reaction of the resulting pentaalkylguanidinium salt with an alkylene dihalide. Said salts are useful as phase transfer catalysts. |