Diphosgene → Di(succinimido) carbonate

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11.5 g (0.1 mol) of N-hydroxysuccinimide was admixed with 6 ml (0.05 mol) of trichloromethyl chloroformate (TCF), and the resultant admixture was melted by heating. The heating was continued for 10 minutes and then the resultant melt was allowed to cool and to deposit a colorless crystalline material. This crystalline material was filtered off from the liquid phase and recrystallized from acetonitrile, affording 6.5 g of the titled compound in the form of colorless crystals. Yield 50%.

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