Urea → Carbamic acid, (2-butoxyethyl)ester

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60 parts of urea are mixed with 177 parts of butylglycol and 3 parts of a cation exchanger which is commercially available under the registered name Lewatit CA 9259 and, having been treated in accordance with Example (1 a), contains nickel, in a stirred apparatus. The mixture is heated to 135° C., whilst stirring. It is then heated for 10 hours at 140° C. After cooling, the mixture is filtered and the excess butylglycol is distilled from the filtrate under reduced pressure. 158 parts of n-butoxyethyl carbamate (corresponding to 98% of theory, based on urea) are obtained. On distillation of the end product in a high vacuum, a residue of only 0.9% by weight is left. The pure butoxyethyl carbamate has a boiling point 118°-120° C. at 0.2 mm Hg.

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