Diethylamine → N,N-Diethyl-N′-nitroguanidine

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To a mixture of 1.35 g of S-methyl-N-nitroisothiourea and 5 ml of acetonitrile was added 0.88 g of diethylamine, followed by stirring for 6 hours in an oil bath of 60° C. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was purified by a column chromatography [developing solvent: dichloromethanemethanol (20:1)] to afford 0.85 g of N,N-diethyl-N'-nitroguanidine as a white solid.

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