1,4-Dioxane → 2-(4-Isocyanatophenoxy)propionic acid-2-[2-(4-isocyanatophenoxy)acetoxy]ethyl ester

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2-(4-Aminophenoxy)propionic acid-2-[2-(4-aminophenoxy)acetoxy]ethyl ester 56 (5.2 g, 13.9 mmol) was dissolved in dry dioxane (80 ml) under nitrogen atm. and cooled below 20° C. A solution of triphosgene (7 g, 23.6 mmol) in dry dioxane (20 ml) was added dropwise. The mixture was heated slowly to 75-80° C. and maintained for 3 hrs. The condenser was arranged for distillation and solvent removed by distillation at one atm. until the volume of the reaction mixture was reduced to approx. one third. Fresh dry dioxane (50 ml) was added and solvents distilled off under vacuum. The residue was re-evaporated twice from dry dioxane to give 57 (2.2 g, 37.2%) as a light yellow syrup.

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