Dimethylamine → Urea, N,N-dimethyl-N-2-propynyl- (9CI)

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Dimethylamine (3.0 ml of a 2.0M solution in THF, 6.0 mmol) and 4-nitrophenyl prop-2-yn-1-ylcarbamate (800 mg (80% purity), 2.91 mmol) in dichloromethane (7 ml) were stirred at room temperature for 4 hr. then the reaction solution purified by chromatography on silica using ethyl acetate as eluent to give N,N-dimethyl-N′-prop-2-yn-1-ylurea (289 mg, 79%) as a colourless solid.

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