Abstract N-(2-Alkoxyethyl) anilines may be prepared by acylation of an N-unsubstituted aniline with 2-chloroethyl chloroformate, ring closure to oxazolidinone, ring opening with alkoxide under anhydrous conditions to a carbamic acid salt, and decarboxylation. This unexpected mode of ring opening is especially useful in the preparation of N-(2-alkoxyethyl)- 2, 6-disubstituted anilines.
