Ammonia → N-(2,2-Dimethoxyethyl)thiourea

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Reaction Steps

Methanol (200 mL) was saturated with ammonia and stirred with isothiocyanatoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal (5.0 g) for 2 h. The mixture was concentrated and the residue was chromatographed (silica gel, 5% methanol/dichloromethane) to give the title compound.

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