Methyl isothiocyanate → 2-[2-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethyl)guanidino]-4-[2-(3-methylthioureido)ethylthiomethyl]thiazole

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Methyl isothiocyanate (80 mg.) was added to 2-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)guanidino]-4-[(2-aminoethyl)thiomethyl]thiazole (320 mg.) dissolved in methanol (5 ml.) and the solution kept at room temperature for 18 hours and then evaporated to dryness. The residual gum was purified by preparative thin layer chromatography using ethyl acetate/methanol/ammonia 6:1:0.5 v/v/v as developing solvent to give 2-[2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)guanidino]-4-[2-(3-methylthioureido)ethylthiomethyl]thiazole (90 mg.), characterised as the hydrogen maleate, m.p. 137°139° (decomp.) (after crystallisation from acetonitrile.).

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