Methylhydrazine → 3-Amino-1-methyl-5-methylsulfanyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile

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9.63 g (56.6 mmol) [Bis(methylmercapto)methylene]-malononitrile was suspended in 50 ml water and treated with 3.7 ml (67.9 mmol) methylhydrazine. The mixture was heated at boiling for 1 hour, the reaction solution cooled, the precipitate suction filtered and recrystallised from ethanol.

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