Hydrochloric Acid → N'-{4-[2-Chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]phenyl}-N,N-dimethylurea

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13 g (0.14 mole) of dimethylcarbamic acid chloride were added dropwise to 29 g (0.1 mole) of 4-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-aniline, dissolved in 50 ml of pyridine, at 0° C. The mixture was warmed to 70°-75° C for half an hour, the bulk of the pyridine was stripped off in vacuo and the residue was poured into water and acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid. The precipitate was filtered off, dried and recrystallized from toluene. 29 g (89% of theory) of N,N-dimethyl-N'-[4-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-phenyl]-urea were obtained as pink crystals of melting point 140° C.

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