Melamine → HCID 131718351, compound

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Reaction Steps

In a 2 liter three neck glass reactor equipped with agitator, thermometer, reflux condenser, nitrogen inlet and dropping funnel, 252 g (2 moles) of melamine was dispersed in 800 ml of DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide) under vigorous agitation. A solution of 423 g (2.1 moles) of m-TMI in 200 ml DMSO was added to the slurry at 110°-113° C. in 3.5 hours. The reaction temperature was maintained for an additional hour. To maintain effective agitation, the thickening slurry was diluted several times during the reaction with a total of 150 ml of DMSO. After cooling to ambient temperature, the reaction mixture was filtered, the white solid was rinsed on a filter with THF (tetrahydrofuran) and reslurried in 800 ml of THF. After agitation at 64° C. for 80 minutes, the product was filtered, rinsed on the filter with THF and dried first in a hot air circulation oven at 60° C. overnight (16 hours), then in a vacuum oven (full pump vacuum) at 90°- 100° C. for 4 hours. The yield of the white solid product was 665 g. From the first flitrate 85 g and from the second (wash) 73 g of white solids were recovered. Infrared (IR) and Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) indicated that these products still contained 15-20% of DMSO.

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