Methyl Ethyl Ketone → 2-(1-Methylpropylidene)hydrazinecarboxamide

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To a solution of semicarbazide HCl (61.2 g, 534 mmol), ethyl-methyl ketone (35 g, 0.49 mol) in water (525 mL), sodium acetate (79.7 g, 972 mmol) was added at room temperature and maintained for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered, the obtained solid was washed with ether (2×25 mL) and dried at 70° C. for 20 hours to afford butan-2-one semicarbazone (45 g, 72%) as white solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.9 (br, 1H), 5.0-6.0 (br, 2H), 2.3 (q, 2H), 1.82 (s, 3H), 1.1 (t, 3H).

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