Urea → Monomethylmonuron

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N-Methyl-N'-(4-chlorophenyl)urea was prepared preliminarily from 4-chlorophenyl isocyanate and methylamine by the same procedure as in Reference Example 1. The urea compound as the starting material was reacted with cyanoacetic acid to form a uracil ring. Using sodium nitrite a nitroso group was introduced into the 5-position of the uracil ring in the obtained 6-amino-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyluracil and then reduced with hydrogen gas to prepare 1-(4-chlorophenyl)-5,6-diamino-3-methyluracil.

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