Ammonia → 2-(Amino(methylthio)methylene)malononitrile

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Two liters of ethanol were saturated with ammonia gas at 15°. At ambient temperature, 278.3 g of 2-cyano-3,3-bis(methylthio)propenenitrile were added portionwise. A sodium hydroxide trap was used to trap the methyl mercaptan by-product. After complete addition of the propenenitrile the reaction mixture was cooled to approximately 10°. The solid which separated was collected by filtration and washed with cold ethanol to give, after drying, 206.3 g of white 3-amino-2-cyano-3-(methylthio)propenenitrile, m.p. 228°-230°. The nmr was consistent with the assigned structure.

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