A convenient synthesis of 3-substituted 5-guanidino-1,2,4-oxadiazoles

The reaction of amidoximes with cyanoguanidine in the presence of Lewis acids affords 3-substituted 5-guanidino-1,2,4-oxadiazoles. A study of the reaction of¹⁵N-labeled chloroacetamidoxime with cyanoguanidine showed that the formation of the oxadiazole ring occursvia the elimination of the amino group from the amidoxime fragment. 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles bearing the imidazole or pyrimidine moiety were synthesized.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 118–121, January, 1994.