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N.
NC
2
S
NE
HCl"-- HO 35
ONN -- ON-R
a
NE O.N-y-CH=N-N-C
O N
Nitrourea carboxylic acid amidine is prepared CoNE,
by the nitration of dicyandiamide as described by Oxalic ester amide is prepared from ethyl oxa
Thiele and Uhlfelder Ann. 303, 108 (1898). 40 late according to the directions of Weddigo, J.
Twenty-five g. (0.17 mole) of the nitro amidine Prakt. Chem., (2), 10, 196 (1874). Semioxama
is then reduced to semicarbazide carboxylic acid Zide is then prepared from this product by the
(4) -amidine by Zinc and hydrochloric acid ac method of Kerp and Unger, Ber. 30, 586 (1897).
cording to the method of Thiele and Uhlfelder, To a solution of 7 g. of the latter compound in
loc. cit., p. 110, with the exception that the prod 45 hot water, is added, slowly with stirring, 9.55 g.
uct is not isolated as its benzal condensation com of nitrofurfural in ethanol. The mixture is al
pound. Instead, after the excess zinc has been lowed to cool and the tan solid is removed by
removed by filtration, 10 g. (0.07 mole) of 5-nitro filtration. Purification is effected by suspending
furfural is added to the aqueous acid solution. the product in warm dioxane, then allowing the
By stirring for five minutes and cooling in ice, the 50 mixture to cool. The solid is again removed by
5-nitro-2-furfurylidene aminocarbamyl guani filtration. It is light yellow, microcrystalline,
dine hydrochloride is caused to precipitate as fine weighs 11.6 g. (76%) ; M. P. 250; solubility in
yellow needles; yield, 16.2 g. (35% based on nitro water, 1:200,000.
urea carboxylic acid amidine). The product crys The above described compound is not claimed
tallizes readily from hot water as broad yellow 55 herein as it forms the subject-matter of our
needles which lose hydrochloric acid at 150-155° divisional application filed October 25, 1946, Serial
and melt (W. decomp.) at 221-225°; solubility in No. 705,795.
water, 1:200.
ExAMPLE. 8 EXAMPLE 10
5-nitro-2-furfurylidene glycyl hydraeide 60 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde 5' (6-hydroacyethyl
hydrochloride semiocamazone .
Cl COO CH
NH2CHCOOH + CH, OH - HC1.NHCH, Cooch, t OO CE - EN-C2CH2OH -
HC1.NH2CEICO OCHs -- NaOH -
NH2CH2COOCH -- NaCl -- HO 65 COO C. CONHNH,
NH2CH2COO CHs -- NHNH2 -
NH2CH2CONHNH -- CBOE
CoNHCHCH-OH - NE -
ONHCHCO
o, .HCl -- HO
CHNH
75 CONHCHCHOH
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A solution of 36.5 g. (0.25 mole) of ethyl oxa
late in 75 cc. of ethanol is cooled to 0. To this K
is added in one portion, a solution of 15 g. (0.25 ON CH-N--c?N
mole) of amino ethanol in 75 cc. of ethanol, O
and the mixture is allowed to stand in the ice s Y
box overnight. It is then filtered from a small in which Xrepresents a member of the group con
amount of white solid, the ethanol is removed sisting of O and S, and Y represents a member
by distillation, and the residue is taken up in of the group consisting of amido, amidoalkyl,
water and extracted with ether to remove any alkylanido, carbamido, guanido, carbamyl and
unchanged ethyl oxalate. The aqueous layer is O hydroxyalkylcarbamyl.
refluxed for one hour with 10 g. of hydrazine hya 3. A new chemical compound having chemo
drate and is then cooled. There is obtained 23 therapeutic activity and represented by the for
g. (72%) of 5-hydroxyethyl semioxannazide: mula: i
M. P. 170-173. To an aqueous solution of 8.05
g. (0.05 mole) of this product is added 7.05 g. 5
(0.05 mole) of nitrofurfural, and the mixture is
thoroughly shaken. The light yellow solid thus ON CH-N--c to
obtained (yield, 10.6 g., 78.5%) is purified by O Y
washing with warm ethanol; microcrystalline in which R represents a member of the group
solid; M. P. 242-244 d.; solubility in water, 20 consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and hydroxyalkyl,
1:35,000. and Y represents a member of the group con
The above described compound is not claimed sisting of amido, amidoalkyl, alkylamido, car
herein as it forms the subject-matter of our banido, guanido, carbamyl and hydroxyalkyl
divisional application filed October 25, 1946, Serial carbamyl.
No. 705,794. - 4. A new chemical compound having chemo
ExAPL 1. therapeutic activity and represented by the for
mula:
5-nitro-2-furaldehyde thioseicarbazone
B .
S.
oN-y-CH=N-N-Ca
on Jan -H NH-NHNE, mm)
in which R represents a member of the group
ON- LinCH-N-N- +Hsoa
consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and hydroxyalkyl,
and Krepresents a member of the group consist
ing of O and S.
NE
5. 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde semicarbazone repre
To a solution of 5.2 g (0.037 mole) of 5-nitro Sented by the formula:
furfural in 100 cc. of 50% alcohol is added the
equivalent quantity, 3.4 g., of thiosemicarbazide.
The mixture is warmed on a steam bath until
thite orange thiosemicarbazone precipitates, and
then for five minutes longer. The mixture then
ON- | O
CH=N--cf
N
a
N
is allowed to cool to room temperature, is filtered, 45
and the product is washed with 50% alcohol. 6. A new chemical compound having chemo
The theoretical quantity, 7.9 g, of 5-nitro-2-fur therapeutic activity and represented by the for
aldehyde thiosemicarbazone is thereby obtained mula:
as tiny orange prisms. The compound has no
well-defined M. P., but begins to darken in color B O
at approximately 200' and is entirely black at a
250; solubility in water, 1:30,000. ON CN-N-C
O N
The above described compound is not claimed Y
herein as it forms the subject-matter of our
divisional application filed October 25, 1946, Serial in which Y represents a member of the group
No. 705,796. 55 consisting of amido, amidoalkyl, alkylamido, car
What is claimed is: banido, guanido, carbamyl and hydroxyalkyl
1. A compound having chemotherapeutic ac carbamyl.
tivity on oral administration and represented . A new chemical compound having chemo
by the formula: therapeutic activity and represented by the for
w
mula:
o,JenseY K
ON- CE=N--ofto
in which R represents a member of the group
consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and hydroxyalkyl, in which R represents a member of the group
X represents a member of the group consisting consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and hydroxyalkyl.
of O and S, and Y represents a member of the 8. 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde 2'-methyl semicarba
group consisting of amido, amidoalkyl, alkyl O Zone represented by the formula:
amido, carbamido, guanido, carbamyl and hy
droxyalkylcarbamyl.
2. A new chemical compound having chemo
therapeutic activity and represented by the for
Emula: s
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9 10
9. 5-nitro-2-furaldehyde 2'-(p-hydroxyethyl) REFERENCES C T D
semicarbazone represented by the formula: The following references are of record in the
CBCEO file of this patent:
Jack
ON Oy-CH=N-N-C
2
5
Number
2261,735
UNITED STATES PATENTS
Name Date
Gertler et al. -------- Nov. 4, 1941
OTHER REFERENCES
WAMI B. SLMAN. 10 Karrer, Organic Chemistry, 1938, page 143.
ABERT B. SCOTT. Heilbron, Dictionary of Organic Compounds,
vol. III, page 151.