Biochem/physiol Actions More potent than NMMA as an inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS). Other Notes For the guanidination of free amino groups1,2
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• Precursor of various pyrimidines by condensation with ?-dicarbonyl and related intermediates. For use as a convenient source of methanethiol in the conversion of alkyl halides to methyl sulfides, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 2, 345 (1943).
• Reagent for the conversion of amines to guanidines: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 71, 2476 (1949).