Acetate → HCID 178476655, compound

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0.800 g (5.117 mmol) N-pyridin-2-yl-thiourea was dissolved in 20 mL methanol and combined with 0.45 mL (10.235 mmol) methyl iodide. The mixture was heated under reflux for 15 min and subsequently stirred at room temperature. After reaction was complete the solvent was removed under vacuum, and the residue was used for the subsequent reaction without further purification. For this purpose the solid was dissolved in 20 mL ethanol, and 0.946 g (5.658 mmol) 2,6-dimethoxybenzylamine was added. After addition of 1.80 mL (10.235 mmol) diisopropylethylamine the mixture was heated under reflux for a total of 7 hr. After reaction was complete the solvent was removed under vacuum. The residue was taken up in dichloromethane and extracted with water (2×30 mL). The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under vacuum. 0.402 g of the desired product N-(2,6-dimethoxybenzyl)-N′-pyridin-2-yl-guanidine crystallized from acetonitrile/water (1:1), and by use of ion exchanger (Fluka, acetate on 1.5 mmol CH3COO/g/resign polymer substrate) was converted to the acetate salt. The residual mother liquor of the crystallizate was separated from impurities via preparative HPLC (Merck Chromolith RP-18 100×25 mm, eluent: water/acetonitrile/0.1 M acetic acid), resulting in isolation of a total of 0.516 g (1.489 mmol) N-(2,6-dimethoxybenzyl)-N′-pyridin-2-yl-guanidine acetate as a pure substance.

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