Summary: Ortho-lithiated 0-aryl carbamates 3 constitute new synthetic intermediates which by treatment with a variety of electrophiles lead to ortho-substituted carba- mates 4 and by rearrangement provide salicylamides 6. ... Sir: Within the scope of the aromatic directed ortho metalation reaction,' a strategy which is enjoying increasing utility in organic synthesis, masked phenol metalation (1)2 ... (1) Gschwend, HW; Rodriguez, HR Org. React. (NY) 1979,26,1. (2) The formation ...