Cysteamine Hydrochloride → HCID 12943529, compound

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To a solution of 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride (2.27 g; 20.0 mmoles) in 20 ml of concentrated HCl that was cooled in an ice-salt bath to -10° was added dropwise 5-dimethylaminomethyl-3-methyl-2-furanmethanol (3.38 g; 20.0 mmoles) [prepared in Step A], and the mixture stirred for 15 minutes then allowed to stand in the cold (0°) overnight. After 17 hours the cold solution was made strongly basic with aqueous KOH solution and then extracted with five portions of methylene chloride. The combined organic phase was dried, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to yield the title compound (4.16 g), bp 110°-120°/0.1 mm Hg.

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