Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

Nippon Shokubai Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Mitsuaki Yagisawa

Masao Kitano

Yutaka Morimoto

Yujiro Goto

A method for the production of N-(2-chloroethyl) methanesulfonamide of high purity, which method comprises causing methanesulfonyl chloride to react with ethylene imine in the presence of ethylene dichloride and then distilling there resultant reaction mixture thereby separating therefrom N-(2-chloroethyl) methanesulfonamide, if necessary subjecting the resultant reaction mixture to extraction from water, separating the aqueous layer consequently formed, and subjecting the organic layer resulting from said extraction to distillation thereby separating N-(2-chloroetyl) methanesulfonamide.

Method for production of N-(2-chloroethyl) methanesulfonamide

A method for the production of a 1,3-thiazolidin-2-one represented by the general formula II: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are independently hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, which method comprises causing a 1,3-thiazolidine represented by the general formula I: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 R.sup.5, and R.sup.6 are independently hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group to react with urea.

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