Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Chloro-7-nitro-2,3-dihydro-1,3-benzoxazol-2-one

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To a stirred solution of 2-amino-4-chloro-6-nitrophenol (2.00 g, 10.6 mmol) in THF (50 mL) was added 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (2.06 g, 12.7 mmol) and the resulting mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 h. The mixture was poured into 1 N hydrochloric acid and the precipitate was isolated by filtration, washed with H2O, then hexanes, and dried in vacuo to give the title compound.

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