Chloroform → 2,3-Dichloropropanoyl isocyanate

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99 g (1.40 moles) of chlorine were passed into a solution of 100 g (1.41 moles) of acrylamide in 1,000 ml of chloroform while stirring at about 0° to 5° C. The mixture was then stirred for a further 3 hours at about 20° C, after which 270 g (2.13 moles) of oxalyl chloride was added dropwise, while continuing the stirring. The solution was then heated to the boil under reflux, until the evolution of gas had ceased. Fractional distillation of the reaction solution gave 172 g (72% theory) of 2,3-dichloro-propionyl isocyanate of boiling point 38 to 41° C/1.0 mm Hg. ##STR76##

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