Hydrochloric Acid → S-[2-(5-methyl-4-imidazolylmethylthio)ethyl]-N-cyano-N'-methylisothiourea hydrochloride

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2-(5-Methyl-4-imidazolylmethylthio)ethanethiol (4.0 g) (prepared from the hydrochloride as in Example 1(b) and N-cyano-N', S-dimethylisothiourea (4.0 g) were heated together under nitrogen in pyridine (100 ml) at 100° for 20 hours. After this time the mixture was evaporated to dryness to give the crude title product. This residue taken up in water acidified to pH2 with concentrated hydrochloric acid. After extracting with ethyl acetate the volume of the aqueous fraction was reduced and on cooling gave S-[2-(5-methyl-4-imidazolylmethylthio)ethyl]-N-cyano-N'-methylisothiourea hydrochloride, m.p. 225°.

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