Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → 5-Cyano-2-hydrazino-4-methylamino-pyrimidine

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A mixture of 5-cyano-4-methylamino-2-methyl-sulfanyl-pyrimidine (25.86 g) from Example 3 and hydrazine hydrate (52 mL) in ethanol (250 mL) was heated at reflux with stirring for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the insoluble product was collected by filtration, washed with cold aqueous ethanol (1:1) to give 23 g of the title compound. Crystallization from ethanol afforded an analytically pure sample of 5-cyano-2-hydrazino-4-methylamino-pyrimidine, mp 247°-249° C.

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