Sodium → Octyl isocyanate

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Proceeding in a manner similar to that described above in Example 18A, and using 2.3 g. of sodium, 22 g. of n-octylguanidine sulfate, and 15.5 g. of n-octyl isocyanate, there was obtained 26 g. of 1-n-octylamidino-3-n-octylurea having the structural formula ##STR69## as a white crystalline solid which melted at 60°-62° C. The solubility of this base in water at 25° C. was less than 0.25 percent. In 95 percent ethyl alcohol it was soluble to the extent of 5 percent; a precipitate formed when the 5 percent ethanolic solution was diluted with four volumes of water.

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