p-Methylphenethylamine → N-cyano-N'-[2-(4-methylphenyl)ethyl]-2-pyridinecarboximidamide

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Methyl N-cyano-2-pyridinecarboximidate (0.50 g, 3.1 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (10 ml), 2-(p-tolyl)ethylamine (0.47 g, 3.5 mmol) was added, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. After the reaction was completed, the reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue thus obtained was crystallized from methanoldiethyl ether to give the title compound (0.76 g, 2.9 mmol, yield: 93%) as colorless crystals.

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