Ammonia → N-(Aminocarbonyl)methacrylamide

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Gaseous ammonia was blown into dry chloroform (50 g) to prepare a chloroform solution containing ammonia (0.18 g; 10.5 mmol). To the resultant solution, a solution of methacryloyl isocyanate (1.11 g; 10 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (2 ml) was dropwise added under nitrogen stream while cooling with ice. After completion of the addition, chloroform and 1,2-dichloroethane were evaporated under reduced pressure to give 1-methacryloylurea (1.28 g), which was recrystallized from a mixture of benzene and hexane to give colorless needles. M.P., 137°-138° C.

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