A convenient synthesis of unsymmetrically substituted N,N¢-diarylimidazolin-2-ones is reported. Starting from 2,2-dimethoxyethylamine, the first aryl group was introduced by reaction with arylisocyanate and subsequent cyclization to afford Narylimidazolin-2-ones. The second arylation step was then accomplished by microwave-assisted copper-catalyzed arylamidation of the N-arylimidazolin-2-ones with a variety of aryliodides and arylbromides to give unsymmetrically substituted N,N¢-diarylimidazolin-2-ones. Symmetrically substituted N,N¢-diarylimidazolin-2-ones could also be prepared from imidazolin-2-one in a two-fold copper-catalyzed arylamidation, however, the nature of the substrate limits the use of this reaction.A convenient and straightforward approach to the synthesis of a library of unsymmetrically substituted N,N¢-diarylimidazolin-2-ones has not yet been developed, even though this class of compounds exhibits interesting biological activities 1 and is used in a number of electrophotographic processes. 2 The standard method with which to prepare symmetrically and unsymmetrically diarylsubstituted imidazolin-2-ones is based on the preparation of the respective N,N¢-diaryl-substituted urea acetal C by condensation of 1-(N-arylamino)ethylacetal A with arylisocyanate B, followed by cyclization to the N,N¢-diarylimidazolin-2-one D (Scheme 1). 3