2-Phenylethylamine hydrochloride → (2-Phenylethyl)thiourea

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Phenethylamine hydrochloride (257 grams, 1.63 moles) and ammonium thiocyanate (123.6 grams, 1.63 moles) were heated to 160° C. in 340 ml bromobenzene under nitrogen. After heating for 90 minutes, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and then to 5° C. This procedure was repeated with a further batch of 257 grams of phenethylamine hydrochloride. The combined solids obtained in the above reaction were stirred in 1.5 l water and filtered. Recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol yielded 261.5 grams (45%) N-phenethylthiourea, m.p. 132°-134°.

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