“…Meanwhile, the known greater basicity of imidazolines (pK 25 a (2-Me-C 3 H 6 N + 2 ) 11.1 [32]) comparatively to imidazoles (pK 25 a (2-Me-C 3 H 4 N + 2 ) 8.02 [33]), on one hand, and the greater reactivity of the imidazoline moiety (possibility to accept nucleophilic attacks at the 2nd position and ring-opening reactions), on the other, make them even somewhat more attractive than imidazoles for the purposes of coordination and organometallic chemistry of the Group 4 elements.…”