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Ethyl formimidate hydrochloride

Synonym(s):

Ethyl methanimidate hydrochloride

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Linear Formula:
HC(=NH)OC2H5·HCl
CAS Number:
16694-46-5
Molecular Weight:
109.55
MDL number:
MFCD00192154
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24864683
NACRES:
NA.22

form

solid

mp

75 °C (dec.) (lit.)

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

Cl.CCOC=N

InChI

1S/C3H7NO.ClH/c1-2-5-3-4;/h3-4H,2H2,1H3;1H

InChI key

JPUTTYRVDANTBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Ethyl formimidate hydrochloride is a nitrogen containing organic building block. On heating it undergoes degradation to afford formamidine hydrochloride, ethyl formate and ethyl chloride.

Application

Ethyl formimidate hydrochloride may be used in the preparation of the following:
  • 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxylic acid α- and β-ribotides
  • s-triazines
  • 2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α- and -β-5-amino-4-ethoxycarbonyl or -carbamoyl-imidazole D-mannofuranosides
  • 5-amino-1-(2-pyridyl)imidazole
Reactant involved in the synthesis of biologically active molecules including:
  • Bredinin via amination of an acyclic precursor
  • Amidine conjugates of the ornithine moiety of an antifungal

Reactant involved in:
  • Intermolecular cyclization
  • Mo-catalyzed asymmetric ring-closing metathesis for synthesis of cyclid amides and amines
  • Synthesis of peptidic 1-cyanopyrrolidines

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GHS07

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Purines, pyrimidines, and imidazoles. XL. A new synthesis of a D-ribofuranosylamine derivative and its use in the synthesis of pyrimidine and imidazole nucleosides.
N J Cusack et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions 1, 16, 1720-1731 (1973-01-01)
Purines, pyrimidines, and imidazoles. Part XLI. Glycofuranosylamines derived from D-xylose, D-glucose, D-mannose, and L-rhamnose and their use in the synthesis of pyrimidine and imidazole nucleosides.
Cusack NJ, et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 73-81 (1974)
Synthesis of the S-Triazine System. Iii. 1 Trimerization of Imidates.
Schaefer FC and Peters GA.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 26(8), 2771-2784 (1961)
Rhodd EH and von Richter V.
Chemistry of Organic Compounds: Pt. B. Aliphatic compounds, 551-551 (1951)
Purines, pyrimidines, and imidazoles part 54. Interconversion of some intermediates in the de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides.
Cusack NJ, et al.
Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1, 2316-2321 (1980)

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