Fatemeh Sharifat Khalafabadi - Department of Chemistry, Omidieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Hadis Mohammadrezai - ۱Department of Chemistry, Omidieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Soheil Sayyahi - ۲Department of Chemistry, Mahshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

1, 1-Bis-methyl-3, 3-methylene-bisimidazolium dithiocyanate were prepared and used as reagent and reaction medium. Alkyl halides were converted efficiently to the corresponding alkyl thiocyanates under mild reaction conditions. No evidence for the formation of isothiocyanates as by-product of the reaction was observed

task-ionic liquid; alkyl thiocyanate; ring opening reaction