| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/GB90/00501 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 18, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 18, 1991 PCT Filed Apr. 4, 1990 PCT Pub. No. WO90/12002 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 18, 1990.A potassium salt useful in the production of certain N-substituted alkyl or arylalkyl thionitroethenamines is produced by the reaction of the dipotassium salt of a 2-nitrodithio aliphatic acid such as 2-nitrodithio acetic acid with branched chain primary alkylamines, secondary alkylamines, arylalkylamines or heterocyclic alkylamines such as dimethylamine, pinacolylamine, benzylamine or piperonylamine, thereby converting one only of the KS-groups to an alkylamine group. The resulting monopotassium salt may be alkylated or arylalkylated to produce an N-substituted alkyl or arylalkyl thionitroethenamine. This compound may be reacted with a suitable amine to produce compounds containing the pharmaceutically active grouping -NHC(=CHNO2)NHX, wherein X represents an alkyl, arylalkyl or heterocyclic alkyl group. |