Water → 4-Acetamidophenyl 4-nitrophenyl carbonate

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Adapting a known procedure (P. Pasetto, et al., Anal. Chim. Acta, 2005, 542(1), 66-75), 8.03 mL of anhydrous pyridine (7.84 g, 99.3 mmol; 1.5 eq.) was added at a temperature of about 0° C. (ice bath) to a suspension of 10.00 g N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide (1) (paracetamol (INN), acetaminophen (USAN) (66.2 mmol; 1.0 eq.) in 300 mL of anhydrous dichloromethane (DCM). The reaction mixture was stirred at the same temperature for about 10 minutes. To this mixture, a solution of 13.97 g (69.5 mmol; 1.05 eq.) of commercially available 4-nitrophenyl carbonochloridate (2) in 20 mL of anhydrous DCM was then added dropwise and the reaction mixture was stirred with gradual warming to room temperature for overnight. Fifty (50) mL of water were added to the reaction mixture. A solid precipitated out of solution. The solid was filtered off and washed successively with diethylether (Et2O) (2×50 mL) and hexane (4×50 mL) to afford 9.92 g (47% yield) of the target compound 3 as a colorless solid after drying in high vacuum. The initial filtrate (DCM and water) was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride (NaCl/brine). The organic layer was dried using anhydrous sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) to afford an additional 7.0 g (33% yield) of the target compound 3. Rf-value: 0.35 (ethyl acetate/hexane=1:1). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz): δ=10.09 (s, 1H), 8.34 (d, J=9.3 Hz, 2H), 7.68 (d, J=9.3 Hz, 2H), 7.64 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.31 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 2.05 (s, 3H) ppm. LC/MS (ESI): m/z=317.2 [M+H]+. The analytical data corresponded to the analytical data given in the literature.

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