Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 18955296, compound

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To a mixture of 3-dimethylamino-2-methylthioacrylonitrile (5 g) and 2-hydrazinoethanol (2.68 g) in ethanol (50 ml) was added conc. hydrochloric acid (2.93 ml) under ice-cooling. The mixture was refluxed for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was evaporated to remove the solvent. The residue was adjusted to pH 7 with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and extracted with a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel using ethyl acetate as an eluent. Fractions containing the object compound were combined and evaporated to give 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methylthio-5-aminopyrazole (2.4 g).

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