Acetate → 2-(2-Guanidinoethoxy)ethyl acetate

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2.06 g (9.99 mmol) of 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethylguanidine succinate, 8 ml of triethylamine, 0.122 mg (1.0 mmol) of 4-N,N-dimethylaminopyridine and 1.02 g (9.99 mmol) of acetic anhydride were placed in a 50 ml two neck flask and were stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. After the upper phase was removed by decantation, the obtained crude product was washed five times with 50 ml of diethylether. The product was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (eluent, chloroform/ethanol=2/1 containing 0.5% acetic acid) to obtain 1.00 g of the title compound (starch syrup-like, 4.0 mmol, 40.0% in yield) in the form of acetate. Results of the analysis of this compound are as follows.

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