“…Amidines are important compounds that are widely used in the field of catalyst design, 1,2 materials science 3 and medicinal chemistry. 4–7 The amidino group in 1a , which contains an amino nitrogen atom with a free electron pair conjugated with the π-electrons of the CN double bond, combines the properties of an azomethine-like CN double bond with an amide like C–N single bond with a partial double bond character as indicated by the resonance form 1b 8 (see Scheme 1).…”