A simple and practical method for the synthesis on a large scale of altretamine (1), a wellknown
antitumor drug, has been successfully developed. The synthesis method involves the conversion
of cyanuric chloride (2) into altretamine (1) by dimethylamination of 2 with an aqueous solution of
40% dimethylamine and potassium hydroxide in 1, -dioxan 4in one step to give altretamine (1) in high
yield.