Benzyl Alcohol → HCID 11446713, compound

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Carbonyl sulfide may provide an effective reagent for the carbonylation reaction. The carbonylation of benzyl alcohol with carbonyl sulfide may be done under an ambient pressure and at about 20° C. for about 1 hour in the presence of DBU in THF. The formed carbonothioate salt may be quenched by methyl iodide at about 0° C., and the resulting mixture may be stirred under an ambient pressure, at about 20° C. for an additional about 2 hours to provide S-methyl O-benzyl carbonothioate at a yield of about 87%. Next, the chlorination of S-methyl O-benzyl carbonothioate by sulfuryl chloride may be done by the slow addition of sulfuryl chloride to the S-methyl O-benzyl carbonothioate at about 0° C. with vigorous stirring at about 20° C. for about 1 hour to provide the benzyl chloroformate in a quantitative yield and in an almost pure form. Additional purification may be done by vacuum distillation.

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