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Letters in Organic Chemistry

Author(s): Vu Binh Duong, Pham Van Hien, Tran Thai Ngoc, Phan Dinh Chau and Tran Khac Vu*

DOI: 10.2174/1570178617666200210111041

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A Simple Synthesis of the Anticancer Drug Altretamine

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Abstract

A simple and practical method for the synthesis on a large scale of altretamine (1), a wellknown antitumor drug, has been successfully developed. The synthesis method involves the conversion of cyanuric chloride (2) into altretamine (1) by dimethylamination of 2 with an aqueous solution of 40% dimethylamine and potassium hydroxide in 1, -dioxan 4in one step to give altretamine (1) in high yield.

Keywords: Altretamine, hexamethylmelamine, cyanuric chloride, dimethylamine, antitumor, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide.

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