Wu Yong-Qian, Hamilton Sean K, Wilkinson Douglas E, Hamilton Gregory S
Department of Research, Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
J Org Chem. 2002 Oct 18;67(21):7553-6. doi: 10.1021/jo0202381.
A direct synthetic approach to guanidine compounds is reported here using di(imidazole-1-yl)methanimine and di(imidazole-1-yl)cyanomethanimine as guanylating reagents.