Ethanolamine → benzyl N-(2-hydroxyethyl)carbamate

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To ethanolamine (9.0 ml, 149 mmol) in methylene chloride (100 ml) at 0° C. was added benzyl chlorformate (10.0 ml, 70 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min, then at room temperature for 1 h, poured into ethyl acetate, washed with 2 M HCl, saturated NaHCO3 solution, and brine, then dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to provide 12.91 g (94%) of the desired compound as a white solid. 1H-NMR (CDCl3,TMS) 7.47 (m,5H), 5.11 (s,2H), 3.73 (m,2H), 3.38 (m,2H).

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