Methyl Isocyanate → HCID 13228806, compound

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Propiohydroxamic acid (4.5 grams), methyl isocyanate (6.0 grams), and a few drops of triethylamine were stirred for about one hour in about 50 ml of methylene chloride. The resulting solution was allowed to stand at room temperature for about 48 hours, after which the solvent was removed by evaporation leaving a residue. The residue was recrystallized from a mixture of methylene chloride and hexane leaving the desired, N-((methylamino)carbonyl)-N-(((methylamino)carbonyl)-oxy)propionamide as white crystals, m.p. 90.5°-92.5° C.

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