Synthesis of a 2-Methyl-4-sulfanilamido-s-triazine derivative

An attempt to obtain 2-methyl-4-sulfanilamido-s-triazine (XXI) by condensation of 2-amino-4-methyl-s-triazine (II) with p-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl chloride (III) in pyridine and in benzene containing trimethylamine gave instead the unexpected products, guanidine N-acetylsulfanilate (IV) (after hydrolysis) and N¹,N¹-dimethylsulfanilamide (V), respectively. On the other hand, 2-methyl-4-methylthio-6-sulfanilamido-s-triazine (XIX) was obtained from 4,6-dimethylthio-s-triazine (XVII), but the reduction of XIX with Raney nickel in aqueous sodium hydroxide solution also gave an unexpected compound, sulfaguanidine (XX).