Acetone → HCID 178473670, compound

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Reaction Steps

218 g of freshly distilled chloroformic acid ethyl ester were added to 200 g (2 mols) of potassium thiocyanate in 800 ml of acetone at 60°-70° C and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. The solids which had been separated out were then filtered off, the solvent was evaporated off and the residue was distilled at 55° C and 12 mm Hg. 84 g (32% of theory) of carbonic acid ethyl ester isothiocyanate were obtained.

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