Hydroquinone → N-Cyano-N'-propargyl-N"-(2-mercaptoethyl)guanidine

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A mixture of the product of Step A of Example 5 (1.53 g; 10 mmoles), cysteamine hydrochloride (1.136 g; 10 mmoles) and 0.055 g of hydroquinone in 10 ml of dimethylformamide is slightly warmed to dissolve. To this solution is added 10 ml of 1 N aqueous sodium hydroxide and nitrogen is bubbled through the solution. After standing at room temperature for 17 hours, the reaction mixture is evaporated to dryness to give a mixture of the title compound and sodium chloride. The title compound is extracted from the mixture with 10 ml of ethanol and the ethanolic solution is used in Step B below.

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