Diethyl chlorophosphate → 1-[Ethoxy(isothiocyanato)phosphoryl]oxyethane

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To a mixture of 8.02 g of dry sodium thiocyanate in 100 ml of dry toluene at 0° C., under a nitrogen atmosphere is added 13.1 ml (16.6 g) of diethyl phosphorchloridate dropwise with stirring. The mixture is warmed to ambient temperature and stirred 20 hours. The mixture is filtered through a pad of Celite and the pad is washed with two 50 ml portions of toluene. The filtrate is washed with 50 ml of ice cold 10% sodium bicarbonate solution, 50 ml of ice water and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The mixture is filtered and the filtrate used without further purification in subsequent reaction.

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