tert-Butyl carbazate → Carbonazidic acid, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester

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25 g (0.19 mol) of t-butylcarbazate was dissolved in 80 mL of acetic acid and 160 mL of water, and 15 g (0.22 mol) of sodium nitrite was added in small portions under cooling with ice. The reaction solution was stirred for 30 minutes under cooling with ice and extracted with 250 ml of diisopropyl ether. The organic layer was washed with 200 mL of saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate twice and with 100 mL of saturated aqueous sodium chloride once successively, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered to give a solution of t-butyl carbonazidate in diethyl ether.

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