Water → beta-chloroethyl N-(5-chloro-4-hydroxy-2-nitrophenyl)-carbamate

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21 ml of β-chloroethyl chloroformate are added dropwise to 37.7 g (0.2 mole) of 6-chloro-3-nitro-4-aminophenol and 12 g of sodium carbonate in 130 ml of dioxane at 70° C. and the mixture is then heated at 90° C. for a further hour. After addition of 500 ml of water and stirring until cold, the mixture is extracted 3 times with methylene chloride and the extracts are dried and concentrated completely, after which 56 g (95%) of the product are obtained as a dark red oil, which crystallises completely, after some time, by trituration with toluene.

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