Cyanobiguanide (1) is a linear cyanamide trimer with triazapentadiene structure. Its reactions were invesigated and compared with those of cyanamide and dicyandiamide.
I was hydrolyzed in 46 N hydrochloric acid to give guanylbiuret (2) hydrochloride at 2070°C, but in concentrated acid, ammeline salt was the main product. (2) was identical with an authentic sample obtained by the reaction of I-thioallophanic acid -S-methyl ester with guanidine.
The imidoether derivative of (1), biguanyl-
O-methylisourea (3) salt was synthesized by the addition of methanol to (1) in the presence of excess hydrogenchloride. Some properties of (3) were investigated. 3-Amino-5-guanidino-1, 2, 4-triazole salt and 5-aminotetrazole were obtained in lower yields by the reactions of (1) with hydrazine salt and hydrogen azide.
The cyano group of (1) seems to be less reactive than that of cyanamide and dicyandiamide in the reactions with methanol, hydrazine salt and hydrogen azide.
Catalytic reduction of (1) using Pd gave formoguanamine in aqueous solution.
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