摘要:
An object of the present invention is to industrially advantageously produce N-nitroisoureas or a salt thereof which is useful as a synthetic intermediate for pharmaceuticals and pesticides. The present invention relates to a process for producing a compound represented by the formula (2):
wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are as defined below, or a salt thereof, which comprises reacting a compound represented by the formula (1):
wherein R 1 represents an optionally substituted straight-chain or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group, R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and represent an optionally substituted straight-chain or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a substituted aryl group, or R 2 and R 3 simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom, or a salt thereof with a nitrating agent in the presence of sulfur trioxide.