Bromine → Carbamic acid, [3-(bromoacetyl)phenyl]-, ethyl ester

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24.1 gm of bromine were added slowly over a period of 30 minutes to a stirred suspension of 28.5 gm of ethyl N-(3-acetyl-phenyl)-carbamate in 13.3 gm of dry dioxane and 245 ml of dry ether. After stirring the reaction solution for 2 hours more, it was cooled, and the product which crystallized out was collected and washed with ether, yielding 38.5 gm of the title compound, m.p. 108°-110° C.

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