Methyl iodide → HCID 23471442, compound

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A solution composed of 32.0 g of 1-(2-hydroxypropyl)-2-imidazolidinethione, 250 ml of 2-propanol and 15 ml of methyliodide was stirred at reflux for 4 hours, then clarified, cooled at -10° C. and the solid collected, washed with 2-propanol, then ether and dried at 60° C. in vacuo, giving 52.7 g of α-methyl-2-(methylthio)-2-imidazoline-1-ethanol, hydroiodide, mp 114°-116° C.

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