Cyanide → 3-(m-Chloro-alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)-1-methyl-1-pentylurea

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A solution of 3.9 g of m-chloro-α,α-dimethylbenzyl isocyanate, prepared from the corresponding cyanide in the same way as in Synthesis Example 1, in 10 ml of n-hexane was added to 4 g of N-methyl-N-pentylamine and the mixture was allowed to stand overnight. The precipitated crystals were separated by filtration and washed thoroughly with n-hexane to obtain 5.4 g of the title compound.

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