Ethanolamine → 3-n-Butyl-5-(2,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene) hydantoin

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A mixture of 2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde (9.8 g; 0.05 mole), 3-n-butylhydantoin (7.8 g; 0.05 mole) and ethanolamine (4.6 g; 0.075 mole) in water/ethanol (50 ml/30 ml) was stirred and boiled under reflux for 3 hours. The cloudy solution was cooled in the refrigerator and the resultant yellow solid filtered off, washed with water, sucked dry and recrystallised from ethanol to give the title compound (14.5 g; 87%) m.p. 170° C.

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