Methyl Isocyanate → Benzaldehyde 4-methyl-2-(5-t-butyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)semicarbazone

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Methyl isocyanate (1.88 g) was added to a stirred suspension of benzaldehyde 5-t-butyl-1,3,4-thiadiazolyl hydrazone (7.8 g) in ethyl acetate (60 ml). Triethylamine (3 drops) was then added and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The solvent was evaporated to give a white solid, purified by chromatography. The pure fractions were combined and recrystallised from a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane to give benzaldehyde 4-methyl-2-(5-t-butyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)semicarbazone (2.1 g, 22%) as a white powder, mp 115°-116° C.

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