Hydrochloric Acid → N-(n-butyl)sulfonylurea

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 22.9 g methyl o-aminosulfonylbenzeneacetate, 13.5 g n-butyl isocyanate, 15.2 g potassium carbonate and 250 ml methyl ethyl ketone was stirred and refluxed for three hours. The reaction mixture was cooled, poured into 1250 g of ice-water, and acidified to pH 1.5 with concentrated HCl. The product was filtered, washed and dried. The crude product was recrystallized from 1-chlorobutane to yield 24.3 g of purified N-(n-butyl)sulfonylurea derivative of methyl o-isocyanatosulfonylbenzeneacetate, m.p. 164°-166° (dec.).

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