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Phenmedipham Process Development, Maura Byrne
Phenmedipham Process Development, Maura Byrne
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The objective of this work was to investigate the process for the production of an organic herbicide, phenmedipham, utilising isobutylacetate as solvent and to scale up the reaction to one litre. This was carried out according to a technical bulletin received from Barclay Plant Protection Ltd. Difficulties were encountered in isolating the product, methyl N-(3-hydroxyphenyl) carbamate, from stage 1 with isobutylacetate as solvent. An investigation of the use of other solvents for the reaction process led to the use of ethyl acetate, in a modified version of the method used by Schering A-G, and resulted in a 93% yield of …