The reaction of 2-chloro-4,5-dihydroimidazole (1) with aliphatic hydroxylamines 2−4 gives O-amidinylhydroxylamines 5−7 in contrast to the analogous reaction of 1 with N-arylhydroxylamines in which N-substitution occurs. A number of thiocarbamoylsulfenamides 8−10 have been prepared by the reaction of 5−7 with carbon disulfide under basic and mild conditions. The key step in the 1,5-OǞS amine migration involves the tandem nucleophilic addition-electrophilic