Triethylamine → HCID 11637840, Verbindung

In a sealed glass tube, a solution of 1.0 g of [4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy)-phenyl]-methanol [Example 25b)], 0.03 ml of triethylamine and 0.245 g of methyl isocyanate in 40 ml of dichloromethane was heated at 40° C. for 3 d. At that time a transformation rate of 50% was reached, determined by NMR. For the working-up, the reaction mixture was cooled and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in 2 ml of pyridine and 1 ml of acetic acid anhydride and the solution stirred at room temperature for 3 h. Thereafter, the mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure. For purification, the crude material obtained was chromatographed on silica gel using a 2:1-mixture of heptane and ethyl acetate as the eluent. There were obtained 580 mg (47% of theory) of methyl-carbamic acid 4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy)-benzyl ester as a white solid; MS: m/e=289 (M)+.