Triethylamine → n-Hydroxypyrimidine-5-carboximidamide

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5-Cyanopyrimidine (J. Org. Chem. 1962, 27, 2264) (0.64 g, 6.1 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (20 mL), the solution was cooled to 0° C. then hydroxylamine hydrochloride (0.42 g, 6.1 mmol) and triethylamine (0.84 mL, 6.1 mmol) were added and the mixture was heated to reflux overnight. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, and the solvent was removed in vacuo. The residue was pre-absorbed onto silica gel, and purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane/methanol/aqueous ammonia—95:5:0.5 as eluant) to give a yellow solid which was contaminated with triethylamine hydrochloride. Recrystallisation from ethanol gave the title compound as a white solid (0.44 g).

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