N,N-di(carbonyl chlorides) of N,N'-alkylene ureas
 Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein --R-- is di-, tri- or tetramethylene which may bear from 1 to 8 C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl substituents, and a process for their preparation wherein a reactant of the formula ##STR2## is contacted, at reaction temperature, with COCl.sub.2. For example, 2-imidazolidone is contacted with phosgene to form N,N'-bis(carbonyl chloride)-2-imidazolidone. The compounds may be condensed with polyols, polythiols or polyamines to form useful resins or pyrolyzed to give alkylene diisocyanates. 
The Dow Chemical Company
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C07D
inventional
Michael J. Laurence I.
Van Eyck Peterson