Acifluorfen → HCID 13334851, compound

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A catalyst amount (ca. 10 gm) of N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (available from the Aldrich Chemical Co. Ltd.) was added to a stirred mixture of 5-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoic acid (260 gm, 0.72 moles) in 350 ml toluene under nitrogen. A solution of para-toluenesulfonylisocyanate (available from the Aldrich Chemical Co., Ltd., 180 gm, 0.94 moles) in toluene (150 ml) was then added dropwise to the above solution with stirring. After the addition was complete the mixture was brought to reflux for six hours. Toluene in the cooled solution was then removed in vacuo. The resulting waxy solid was further recrystalized from toluene to yield 170 gm (0.33 moles, 46%,) of the desired product.

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