Diphosgene → o-Hydroxyphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ol

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To a solution of 10 g of salicylhydrazide in 100 ml of p-dioxane was added dropwise 13.1 g of trichloromethyl chloroformate while maintaining the temperature at 20°-30° C. with external cooling. After stirring at 25° C. for 0.5 hours, the suspension was refluxed for 4 hours then cooled to 25° C. and poured into excess ice-water. The mixture was filtered and the residue was recrystallized from acetonitrile to yield 9.0 g of the subject compound; m.p. 198°-200° C.

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