Toluene → Bis(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-methoxycarbonylaminophenyl)carbonate

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Bis(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-aminophenyl)carbonate (1.75 Kg, 5.0 mol), potassium carbonate (1.04 Kg, 7.5 mol) and toluene (6 liters) as a solvent were placed in a 10 L three-necked flask equipped with a stirrer and a dropping funnel. To the resulting solution was added dropwise methyl chloroformate (770 ml, 9.9 mol), and the mixture was stirred at 60°-70° C. (a bath temperature) for 5 hours. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was filtered, washed with toluene, 1N hydrochloric acid and water, and thoroughly dried to obtain bis(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-methoxycarbonylaminophenyl)carbonate as a white solid (2.10 Kg, 4.51 mol, 90.2% yield).

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