creatinine → 1-(5-Methyl-2-thienyl)-3-(tetrahydro-1-methyl-4-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-ylidene) urea

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To 1.44 g (12.8 mM) of creatinine in 25 ml of anhydrous DMF was added with stirring 1.78 g (12.8 mM) of 5-methyl-2-thienyl isocyanate in 12 ml of toluene. After 6 hrs. at 60° C., the mixture was cooled, poured into 100 ml of water and filtered. The collected solid was recrystallized twice from ethyl acetate to give 2.4 g of the above urea as a yellow-orange solid, m.p. 207°-209° C.

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