Dimethylcyanamide → HCID 178492311, compound

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2-Amino-5-methoxybiphenyl hydrochloride (0.4 g) was heated with N,N-dimethylcyanamide (0.3 ml) in m-cresol (0.5 ml) at 110° C. for 8 hours to give a residue which was triturated with ether and crystallised from a 1:1 mixture of acetone and ether to give N-(5-methoxy-2-biphenylyl)-N',N'-dimethyl guanidine hydrochloride (m.p. 160° C.).

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