F. Bigi et al., REACTION OF AROMATIC-AMINES AND ETHYL ACETOACETATE PROMOTED BY ZEOLITE HSZ-360 - PHOSGENE-FREE SYNTHESIS OF SYMMETRICAL DIPHENYLUREAS, Chemical communications, (4), 1998, pp. 513-514
Reaction of aromatic amines 1 with ethyl acetoacetate 2 in the presenc
e of the commercially available acid zeolite HSZ-360 gives symmetric d
iphenylureas 3 in good yields and excellent selectivities.