Formic Acid → Estrone sulfamate

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A mixture of formic acid (284.92 mmol) and N,N-dimethyl acetamide (3.03 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (277.47 mmol) in dichloromethane (87.5 ml) at 42° C. within a period of 3.5 hours. The mixture was heated to reflux for 15 minutes and cooled to ambient temperature. The resulting mixture was added to a stirred solution of estrone (184.93 mmol) in N,N-dimethyl acetamide (625 ml) at ambient temperature within a period of 20 minutes. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 17 hours, and then poured onto water (1875 ml). After a while a white precipitate was formed. The suspension was stirred at ambient temperature for another 2 hours, and filtered. The crystals were washed twice with water (250 ml), and used without further drying and purification in the next step (Procedure II). Yield: 87.8 g (wet material) white crystals, purity (HPLC): 99.12%.

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