Acetone → Pyridine-4-amidine hydrochloride

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4-Cyanopyridine (50.0 g) was suspended in methanol (50 mL), and 28% sodium methoxide-methanol solution (4.14 mL) was added thereto. After stirring at room temperature for 15 min, ammonium chloride (25.7 g) was added to the mixture. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hr. Acetone (200 mL) was added to the reaction mixture, and the precipitated solid was collected by filtration to give 4-amidinopyridine hydrochloride (62.8 g) as a white solid.

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