Phenyl chloroformate → Phenyl (2,3-dichlorophenoxy)carbamate

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9.10 g (51.1 mmole) of 2,3-dichlorophenoxyamine was dissolved in 7.5 ml of pyridine and 70 ml of dichloromethane, and the solution was cooled to -10° C. Then, 30 ml of a dichloromethane solution containing 7.28 g (46.5 mmole) of phenyl chloroformate was dropwise added thereto over a period of 1 hour, and the mixture was stirred at a temperature of from -10° to 25° C. for 6 hours. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and 300 ml of ethyl acetate was added. The mixture was washed with water and a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure, and the residue thereby obtained was recrystallized from toluene/hexane, whereby 11.5 g of the desired product was obtained as light brown crystals (yield: 83%)

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