2-Amino-5-nitrobenzonitrile → N'-(2-cyano-4-nitrophenyl)-N,N-dimethylmethanimidamide

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A mixture of 2-amino-5-nitrobenzonitrile (30.0 g, 184 mmol) and dimethoxy-N,N-dimethylmethanamine (29.6 mL, 223 mmol) was heated to 100° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and dissolved in dichloromethane. The solution was run through a silica plug washing the plug with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, stirred with ether and filtered to provide the product (35.0 g, 87%) as yellow solid.

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