Triethylamine → N'-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-N,N-dimethyl-methanimidamide

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A suspension of 2-amino-4,5-dimethylthiazole hydrochloride (4.92 g, 30 mmol) (Formula A-1) in toluene (60 mL) was treated with triethylamine (4.5 mL, 35 mmol) and vigorously stirred for 30 minutes. The mixture was treated with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (7.3 mL, 60 mmol) and heated at reflux temperature for 2 hours. The solution was cooled, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with saline, dried and evaporated. The residue was crystallized from hexane to provide pure N′-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-N,N-dimethyl-methanimidamide (Formula A-2) (4.31 g, 77%), m.p. 47-58°.

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