Potassium Carbonate → Phenyl 3-(2-cyanopropan-2-yl)phenylcarbamate

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To a solution of 2-(3-aminophenyl)-2-methylpropanenitrile (490 mg, 3.06 mmol) and potassium carbonate (552 mg, 4 mmol) in anhydrous THF (4.2 ml) was added dropwise phenyl chloroformate (0.81 ml, 6.4 mmol) as a solution in THF (2 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The solvent was removed and the residue taken in DCM, washed with water and brine and the organics combined, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated. The crude was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate 15%) to afford phenyl 3-(2-cyanopropan-2-yl)phenylcarbamate (828 mg, 96%) as a solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.72 (s, 6H), 7.20-7.28 (m, 4H), 7.35-7.41 (m, 4H), 7.65 (s, 1H); LC-MS (ESI) m/z 281 (M+H)+.

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