4-Amino-1-butanol → HCID 178433307, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-Aminobutanol (2.7 g) and N-cyano-N'-[2-((4-methyl-5-imidazolyl)methylthio)ethyl]-S-methylisothiourea (4.05 g) were refluxed in ethanol (30 ml) for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was evaporated to yield an oil which was chromatographed on a silica gel column and eluted with chloroform and chloroform/methanol (20:1) to give the title compound as a colourless oil (1.8 g).

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