Cyclopropylamine → ethyl 1-cyclopropyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylate

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The stirred mixture of (Z)-3-dimethylamino-2-isocyano-acrylic acid ethyl ester (17.0 g, 100 mmol) and cyclopropylamine (17.21 g, 300 mmol) was heated for 5 h at 75° C. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt and concentrated. Purification of the residue by flash chromatography (EtOAc/hexane, 5:1) gave the title compound as an orange oil. tR: 0.61 min (LC-MS 2); ESI-MS: 181.2 [M+H]+ (LC-MS 2); 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ ppm 7.85 (s, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 3.55 (m, 1H), 1.23 (t, 3H), 0.91-1.02 (m, 4H).

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