Benzyl chloroformate → Benzyl (2,2-dimethoxyethyl)carbamate

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Benzyl chloroformate (231.3 g, 1.3 mol) was added gradually to a mixture of aminoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal (152.0 g, 1.3 mol) in toluene (750 mL) and aqueous NaOH (72.8 g, 1.82 mol; in 375 mL of water) at 10-20° C. After the addition was complete, the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 h. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine (2×100 mL) and concentrated to provide the title compound. MS (DCl/NH3): m/z 240 (M+1)+, 257 (M+18)+.

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