3,4-Dimethoxyaniline → 1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-3-methoxycarbonylurea

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To a solution of methoxycarbonylisocyanate (3.78 g. 0.0374 mole) in 45 ml. of dioxane is added 4-aminoveratrole (5.73 g., 0.037 mole) while maintaining a temperature of 20°-30°. After completing the addition, another 45 ml. portion of dioxane is added and the mixture then heated at reflux for a period of one hour. Evaporation of the solvent and crystallization of residual material from nitromethane provides analytically pure 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-methoxycarbonylurea, m.p. 168°-170°.

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