Guanidine Hydrochloride → HCID 178509681, compound

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A stirred suspension of guanidine hydrochloride (3.8 kg, 39.8 mol) and KOtBu (4.28 kg, 38.1 mol) in DME (17.6 L) was heated to reflux under N2 for 1 hour. The gum containing solution was cooled to room temperature, diluted with NMP (8.8 L) and 1,4-dichloro-7-(3-cyanophenyl)isoquinoline (4.4 kg, 14.7 mol) was added as a solid. The mixture was heated at reflux overnight, cooled to room temperature, filtered through a pad of celite and the pad washed with DME (4.4 L). Water (35.2 L) was added to the filtrate. The resultant slurry was stirred for 2 hour and the solid collected by filtration. The solid was washed with water (4.4 L) and dried in vacuo at 50° C. to give (4-chloro-7-(3-cyanophenyl)isoquinolin-1-yl)guanidine (4.55 kg, 14.1 mol, 96%) as a green solid.

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