off-white to light beige crystalline powder
Reagent for cobalt and nickel; identification and separation of carboxylic, sulfinic, and sulfonic acid.
S-benzylisothiourea analogs (2-benzyl-2-thiopseudourea hydrochloride), as small-molecule inhibitors of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase, has been studied.
Poison by ingestion,intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, and intravenous routes.When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumesof HCl, SOx, and NOx.
Crystallise the chloride from 0.2M HCl (2mL/g) or EtOH and it dry in air. [Beilstein 6 III 1600.]