Hydrochloric Acid → 2-[N-(4-amidinophenyl)aminomethyl]benzothiazole-5-carboxylic acid-N-phenyl-N-(2-ethoxycarbonylethyl)amide

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1.1 g (2.27 mmol) of 2-[N-(4-cyanophenyl)aminomethyl]benzothiazole-5-carboxylic acid-N-phenyl-N-(2-ethoxycarbonylethyl)amide was stirred in 100 mL of ethanol saturated with hydrogen chloride for 5 hours, first at 0° C. and then at room temperature, until no more starting material could be detected by thin layer chromatography. Then the solvent was distilled off at a maximum bath temperature of 30° C. and the oily residue was taken up in 100 mL of absolute ethanol and mixed with 1.6 g (22 mmol) of ammonium carbonate. After 18 hours stirring at room temperature, the solvent was distilled off in vacuo and the crude product was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel; gradient: water/methanol=19:1 to 4:1). When the eluates are evaporated down the desired compound is obtained as a white foam. Yield: 0.77 g (63% of theory), C27H27N5O3S (501.60); Rf value: 0.19 (silica gel; dichloromethane/ethanol=3:7); mass spectrum: (M+H)+=502.

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