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Direct Conversion of Amidoximes to Amidines via Transfer Hydrogenation
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Anal. Calcd for C8H10N2·HCl·0.65 H2O: C, 52.69; H, 6.79; N,
15.39. Found: C, 52.85; H, 6.72; N, 15.72.
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Acknowledgment
This work was supported by awards from NIH (Grants NIAID
RO1AI 46365, RO1GM61587), and the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation.
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