2-Chloroethyl chloroformate → HCID 68002661, compound

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To a stirred solution of 4-Bromo-3-methoxy-aniline (10.0 g) in acetonitrile (176 mL) was added Hünig Base (25 mL) and 2-chloroethyl chloroformate (10.6 g). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 0.5 h. The solvent was removed in vacuum. The residue was dissolved in tetrahydrofurane (250 mL), and potassium tert-butoxide (16.2 g) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The solvent was removed in vacuum. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and the mixture was washed with water and with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried (sodium sulfate) and the solvent was removed in vacuum. Silica gel chromatography gave a compound that was crystallized from ethanol. Yield: 7.7 g of the title compound. The mother liquor was concentrated in vacuum and aminophase-silica-gel chromatography gave a solid that was recrystallized from ethanol to give further 2.3 g of the title compound.

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