Chemistry Letters, Vol.35, No.3, 312-313, 2006
N-tert-butyl-N-chlorocyanamide: A mild and efficient chlorinating agent for the synthesis of dialkyl/diaryl chlorophosphates
An efficient reagent for the synthesis of dialkyl/diaryl chlorophosphates has been developed. N-tert-Butyl-N-chlorocyan-amide acts as a chlorinating agent both in polar as well in nonpolar medium and the transformation of dialkyl/diaryl phosphites to the dialkyl/diaryl chlorophosphates takes place rapidly under mild conditions in quantitative yields.