Formaldehyde → Ranisen

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N,N-Dimethyl-2-furanmethanamine (125 mg) was dissolved in glacial acetic acid (1 ml) and paraformaldehyde (30 mg) added. A solution of N-(2-mercaptoethyl)-N'-methyl-2-nitro-1,1-ethenediamine (354 mg) in concentrated hydrochloric acid (1 ml) and glacial acetic acid (1 ml) was added dropwise and the mixture left to stand at room temperature for 5 days. The solution was diluted with water (30 ml), saturated with potassium carbonate and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were purified by preparative layer chromatography to give the title compound as Example 15 (89 mg).

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