The reaction of aldimines with alpha-(hydroxyimino) ketones of type 10 (1,2-diketone monooximes) was used to prepare 2-unsubstituted imidazole 3-oxides 11 bearing an alkanol chain at N(1) (Scheme 2, Table 1). These products were transformed into the corresponding 2H-imidazol-2-ones 13 and 2H-imidazole-2-thiones 14 by treatment with Ac2O and 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dithione, respectively (Scheme 3). The three-component reaction of 10, formaldehyde, and an alkane-1,omega-diamine 15 gave the bis[1H-imidazole 3-oxides] 16 (Scheme 4, Table 2). With Ac2O, 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dithione or Raney-Ni, the latter reacted to give the corresponding bis The reaction of aldimines with α-(hydroxyimino)ketones of type 10 (1,2-diketone monooximes) was used to prepare 2-unsubstituted imidazole 3-oxides 11 bearing a functionalized alkyl residue at N(1). These products were transformed into the corresponding imidazole-2-ones 13 and imidazole-2-thiones 14 by treatment with Ac 2 O and 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dithione, respectively. The three-component reaction of 10, formaldehyde, and an alkane-1,ω-diamine 15 gave the bis-(imidazole 3-oxides) 16. With Ac 2 O, 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-dithione or Raney-Ni, the latter reacted to give the corresponding bis-(imidazol-2(3H)-ones) 19, bis-(imidazol-2(3H)-thiones) 20, and bis-imidazoles 22, respectively. The structures of 11a and 16bwere established by X-ray crystallography.