Triethylamine → 1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1-phenoxycarbonyloxy-3-methylurea

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A solution of 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-hydroxy-3-methylurea (6 grams; 0.025 mol) in diethyl ether (200 ml), and triethylamine (4 ml) were charged into a glass reaction flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer. Phenyl chloroformate (4.2 grams; 0.027 mol) was added thereto. The reaction mixture was stirred, at room temperature, for a period of about one-half hour resulting in the formation of a precipitate. The precipitate was recovered by filtration, was washed with water, dried, and was recrystallized from a methylene chloride-pentane mixture to yield 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1-phenoxycarbonyloxy-3-methylurea melting at 93°C with decomposition and having the following elemental analysis as calculated for C15H12Cl2N2O4 :

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