Ethanol → 1-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-3-methylurea

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A cooled (0° C.) solution of methylamine in EtOH (50 mL, 400 mmol, 8.0 M) in anhydrous THF (300 mL) was treated with 2,4-dichlorophenylisocyanate (25.0 g, 133 mmol). The cooling bath was removed and the mixture was warmed to 65° C. for 20 min. The reaction mixture was then cooled to 0° C. The solid was collected on a Buchner funnel, washed with cold ether, and dried under vacuum to afford N-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-N′-methyl-urea (21.7 g, 74% yield) as a colorless solid: mp 213.5-214.5° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 8.17 (d, J=9.2 Hz, 1H), 8.11 (s, 1H), 7.55 (d, J=2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.32 (dd, J=8.8, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 6.91 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1H), 2.65 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 3H); LRMS (APCI) m/e 259.9 [(M+H+CH3CN)+, calcd for C10H12N3OCl2, 260.0].

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