Methyl chloroformate → Methyl 2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl carbonate

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2-(Trifluoromethoxy)phenol (6.0 g, 32.7 mmol) was dissolved in methylene chloride and triethylamine (9.1 mL, 65.4 mmol). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and methyl chloroformate (2.8 mL, 36.0 mmol) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature then quenched with saturated NH4Cl. The reaction was diluted with water and the aqueous layer extracted with dichloromethane (2×30 mL). The combined extracts were washed with water (100 mL) and brine (100 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to provide methyl 2-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl carbonate (7.1 g, 92% yield). 1H NMR (400.0 MHz, DMSO-d6) 7.36-7.26 (m, 4H), 3.93 (s, 3H).

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