L-Lysine → 5-(4-Benzyloxycarbonylaminobutyl)-3-methyl-2-thiohydantoin

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A solution of Nε-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-lysine methyl ester (4.66 g., 0.016 mol.) (prepared from L-lysine according to the method of Bergmann et al., J. Biol. Chem. 1935, 111, 245) in acetonitrile (20 ml.) was treated with methyl isothiocyanate (1.16 g., 0.016 mol.) and the mixture heated at reflux for 3 hours. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residual oil triturated with ethanol to give a white solid which recrystallised from ethanol to give the title compound as colourless needles (1.2 g.) m.p. 135°C. (Found: C, 57.3; H, 6.4; N, 12.2; C16H21N3O3S requires: C, 57.3; H, 6.3; N, 12.5%).

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