2,6-Dimethylaniline → (2,6-Dimethyl-phenyl)-carbamic acid propyl ester

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2,6-Dimethyl-aniline (3.0 mL) and propyl chloroformate (4.1 mL) were dissolved in acetonitrile (15 mL) and heated to 150° C. for 10 minutes in a sealed microwave process vial. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo to furnish 4.79 g (95% yield) of the title compound as a brown solid. The crude product was used without further purification.

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