Cysteamine Hydrochloride → HCID 178512682, compound

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Reaction Steps

Cysteamine hydrochloride (10.6 g; 9.3 mmoles) and 2-guanidino-5-hydroxymethylthiazole (16.0 g; 9.3 mmoles) [prepared in Step B] were dissolved in 80 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid and the solution stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hour and then heated at reflux temperature for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, made basic (pH 11) with 40% aqueous NaOH and filtered to give 15 g of product. Recrystallization from acetonitrile yielded the title compound, mp 150°-153°.

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