Ethyl chloroformate → HCID 13093540, compound

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Anhydrous sodium 5-(2-chloro-6-methoxyphenyl)oxazolidine-2,4-dione (542 mg., 2.06 moles) from Example 119 and ethyl chloroformate (291 mg., 2.68 mmoles) were combined with 20 ml. of toluene and the mixture refluxed for 3 hours, cooled to room temperature, stirred for a further 16 hours, and evaporated to solids (415 mg.). The solids were recrystallized from toluene to yield purified 5-(2-chloro-6-methoxyphenyl)-3-ethoxycarbonyloxazolidine-2,4-dione. (212 mg., m.p. 196°-200° C.).

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