Nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds dihydropyrimidinone and its sulphur analogue, diphenylpyrimidine-2-thione, have been reported to possess many pharmacological properties such as anticancer, anti-HIV, antibacterial, antimalarial, antihypertensive, sedative, hypnotics, anticonvulsant, antithyroid and as antibiotics. 4, 6- diphenylpyrimidin-2-one and 4, 6-diphenylpyramidine-2-thione were synthesised by the reaction of benzalacetophenone (chalcone) with urea and thiourea respectively using ethanol as the solvent. Benzalacetophenone was synthesized by Claisen-Schmidt reaction by condensing acetophenone with benzaldehyde in the presence of an aqueous alkali. The structures of benzalacetophenone (chalcone), 4, 6-diphenylpyrimidin-2-one and 4, 6-diphenylpyrimidine-2-thione were confirmed by NMR (1H, 13C), FTIR & MASS spectral data