Carbamic acid, ethyl ester → Ethyl N-tert-butylcarbamate

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A stirred mixture of 89 g of ethyl carbamate, 5 g of ethanol, 10 g of ®LEWASORB AC-10 and 70 g of isobutene was heated to 70° C. in a stirred autoclave, and stirring was continued at this temperature for 4 hours. After the reaction was complete, the catalyst was separated off and the mixture was worked up by distillation. 136 g (93% of theory) of ethyl N-tert.-butylcarbamate of boiling point 70°-71° C./20 mbar were obtained. Gas chromatography showed that the crude product contained 0.2 percent by weight of diisobutene, but not diethyl carbonate was detected.

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