Ethanol → Ethyl N-phenylcarbamate

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Reaction Steps

In a 200 ml stirring type autoclave were charged 30 mmols of aniline, 15 mmols of nitrobenzene, 50 ml of ethanol, 3 mmols of palladium chloride, 3 mmols of tetraiodomethane and 3 mmols of rubidium hydroxide. After the air inside the autoclave had been replaced with carbon monoxide, carbon monoxide was pressurized into the autoclave to 120 Kg/cm2, and the reaction was carried out at 180° C. for 5 hours with stirring. As the result of analysis of the reaction solution, the conversions of aniline and nitrobenzene were 21% and 29%, respectively, and 8 mmols of ethyl N-phenylcarbamate were obtained.

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