Amidinium salts, azavinylogous

Many vinylogous amidinium salts, e.g. (185) and (186) (Scheme 25), are readily available by double formylation of CHa-acidic or alkenic compounds. Reviews on the chemistry of vinylogous amidinium salts are available. The first azavinylogous foimamidinium salt (187 Scheme 26) was prepared in 1960 by reaction of DMF with cyanuric chloride. The mechanism of this reaction has been estab-lished. Based on these findings new methods for the synthesis of these compounds were developed, e.g. the reaction of isocyanatomethyleneiminium salts with tertiary formamides affords salts (187). In the synthesis of the salts (187) cyanuric chloride can be replaced by phosphorus nitride chloride (PNCl2)3. ... 

Azavinylogous amidinium salts (188 equation 103) were obtained by treatment of triazenes with methyl iodide. 47 Acetylenedicarboxylic add ester reacts with the diazonium salt (189 equation 104) via cycloaddition to give the imidazolium salt (190). 4S... 

Amidinium salts (obtainable by various methods, compare Section 2.1.2.5) which are not peralkylated at nitrogen are converted to amidines by treatment with strong bases, e.g. aqueous alkali metal hydroxides, alcoholic alkoxides, tertiary amines etc. As already mentioned it is not difficult to alkylate amidines (see Section 2.7.2.5.4), thus by subsequent alkylation and deprotonation reactions amidines can be synthesized carrying the desired substituents at nitrogen, e.g. (308 Scheme 47). A series of trisubstituted formamidines have been prepared by reaction of anilines with the azavinylogous form-amidinium salt (309). ... 

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