| abstract |
4-Oxoimidazolinium salts of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R 1 and R 2 independently of one another are C 1-10 -alkyl, C 2-10 -alkenyl, C 3-7 -cycloalkyl or optionally substituted aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl, or R 1 and R 2 , together with the carbon atom to which they are bonded, form a three-membered to seven-membered saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, R 3 is a C 1-10 -alkyl group, C 1-10 -alkenyl group, C 3-7 -cycloalkyl group, aryl group, arylalkyl group or heteroaryl group, and A -- is an anion of a strong acid, are prepared by the cyclization of an α-acylaminonitrile in a nonaqueous solvent, in the presence of a lower alcohol and a strong acid. The compounds are intermediates for pharmaceutical active substances, for example, angiotensin II antagonists. |