Tetrahedron

A facile synthesis of unsymmetrical ureas

…, O Lukin, A Shivanyuk, D Mykytenko, A Tolmachev

Index: Bogolubsky, Andrey V.; Ryabukhin, Sergey V.; Pipko, Sergey E.; Lukin, Oleg; Shivanyuk, Alexander; Mykytenko, Dmytro; Tolmachev, Andrey Tetrahedron, 2011 , vol. 67, # 20 p. 3619 - 3623

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Abstract

Abstract A facile and versatile method for the synthesis of unsymmetrical ureas from readily available reagents is reported. In the first step trifluoroethylchloroformate is reacted with a stoichiometric amount of a primary amine to give an intermediate trifluoroethyl carbamate. The addition of a second amine (primary or secondary) to the trifluoroethyl carbamate furnishes corresponding unsymmetrical ureas in 75–85% yield. A simple workup ...