| 摘要 |
A process for the manufacture of 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)-4-phenyl-4-imidazolin-2-ones, 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)-4-phenyl-2-imidazolidones, 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)-4-phenyl-imidazolidine-2-thiones, certain of the corresponding 1-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivatives, and their 3-acylated derivatives, and certain related compounds which are all useful as intermediates in a new process for the manufacture of the anthelmintic levamisole, (-)-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-6-phenylimidazo-[2,1-b]thiazole, and its derivatives through conventional resolution procedures. The new process also permits the direct manufacture of optically active 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)-4-phenyl-2-imidazolidone and their 3-acylated derivatives, optically active 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)-4-phenylimidazolidine-2-thiones, and levamisole, the levorotatory isomer of tetramisole, using catalytic amounts of a chiral reducing agent, with the elimination of conventional resolution procedures. |
