Formamide → HCID 178484997, compound

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136 mg of N-{2-(2-formyloxy-3-oxobutylthio)ethyl}-N'-cyano-N"-methylguanidine and 530 mg of methyl orthoformate were dissolved in 2.5 m; of formamide, and 320 mg of ammonium formate was added. The mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 2 hours. Formamide was evaporated from the reaction mixture under reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed on a column of silica gel (eluent: chloroform/methanol=4/1), and then recrystallized from isopropanol to give 71 mg (yield 56%) of the desired product (Cimetidine) as white crystals.

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