Efficient synthesis of readily water-soluble sulfonic acid carbamates

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A series of various readily water-soluble carbamates were synthesized with good yields. These compounds are useful chemical tracers for assessing the cooling progress in a georeservoir during geothermal power plant operation. Acylation of primary amines w

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Efficient Synthesis of Readily Water-Soluble Sulfonic
Acid Carbamates
Krzysztof R. Idzik *, Karsten Nödler and Tobias Licha
Department Applied Geology, Geoscience Centre of the University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3,
37077 Göttingen, Germany; E-Mails: karsten.noedler@geo.uni-goettingen.de (K.N.);
tobias.licha@geo.uni-goettingen.de (T.L.)
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: krzysztof.idzik@pwr.wroc.pl;
Tel.: +49-551-3912861.
Academic Editor: Derek J. McPhee
Received: 10 March 2015 / Accepted: 8 April 2015 / Published: 16 April 2015
Abstract: A series of various readily water-soluble carbamates were synthesized with
good yields. These compounds are useful chemical tracers for assessing the cooling
progress in a georeservoir during geothermal power plant operation. Acylation of primary
amines was carried out as well as using a solution of sodium bicarbonate and without the
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presence of salt. Products were characterized by H-NMR and 13C-NMR. Purity was
confirmed through elemental analysis.
Keywords: chloroformates; primary amines; carbamates; thermo-sensitive tracers; urethanes
1. Introduction
Carbamates play an important role in medicine as biologically active compounds; for example,
quer-Cetin-carbamate and Tricine-carbamate are prodrugs [1–3]. These compounds are efficiently
transported by the oligopeptide transporter 1 (PepT1), a membrane transport protein localized in the
brush-border membranes of intestinal epithelial cells, resulting in significantly enhanced oral bioavailability
of the parent drugs [4]. Moreover, studies have revealed that in these compounds, L-amino acid
carbamate structural fragments are crucial for enhanced water solubility and cell permeability [5].
Carbamates are also known as urethanes, e.g., ethyl carbamate occurs naturally in many fermented
foods and beverages [6–8]. The precursor of ethyl carbamate is also well-known to be genetically

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related to lactic acid bacteria [9]. On the other hand, urethanes as polymers (polyurethanes SPUs) have
been utilized in medical devices since the 1960s due to their established biocompatibility, excellent
mechanical properties, and extended fatigue life [10], which allows their use in several medical device
designs, including but not limited to cardiac pacemaker and neurological lead coatings [11], infusion
pumps [12], dialysis catheters [13], vascular grafts [14], intervertebral discs, acetabular cups [15], and
arteriovenous shunts [16], where bioresistant materials are critical.
It is also worth mentioning that specific compounds from the class of carbamates are widely used as
insecticides and fungicides in agriculture. Their mode of action is in affecting the nervous system by
disrupting an enzyme that regulates acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter [17]. These compounds are
considered hazardous to the environment and human health. They are on the priority list published by
the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [18,19].
As demonstrated, carbamates are used in many different applications. We are interested in this class
of compounds because they are potentially useful to investigate the temperature distribution of deep
geological formations. Currently, there is an increasing demand for reactive tracers with thermo-sensitive
properties for improved reservoir management in geothermal systems with thermal drawdown.
Promising tracer candidates are compounds susceptible to undergoing hydrolysis, which are of greater
interest for geothermal applications [20,21]. This is mainly caused by the fact that the reservoir
temperature is not directly accessible. To estimate the thermal state of a georeservoir, two slightly different
thermo-sensitive tracer approaches are currently used. One uses the non-specific thermal decay kinetics
of established tracers (e.g., naphthalene sulfonates, fluorescein) at high temperatures while the other
approach exploits the structure-related kinetics of defined hydrolysis reactions (e.g., phenol acetates).
Up to now, though, successful tracer application has been limited to certain geothermal temperature
conditions due to either the non-availability of suitable purchasable substances or the lack of
knowledge on structure-dependent kinetics. To fill these gaps and to improve the general applicability
of thermo-sensitive tracers, a wide spectrum of hydrolyzable compounds with thermo-sensitive
properties was synthesized in our working group. The concept of structure-dependent kinetics learnt
from phenolic esters [20] was transferred to carbamates. Their thermally induced hydrolysis leads to
well known reaction products with fluorescent properties in a first-order reaction. These novel
carbamates with sulfonic groups and thus a desired high water solubility (>1 kg/L) differ in their
substructures and thus should also differ in their reaction kinetics.
Carbamates are generally obtained from an amine by the reaction with an adequate chloroformate or
anhydride. Some of the known methods involve carbonylation of amine or nitro compounds, oxidative
carbonylation of amines, the carboxylation reaction between amines and carbon dioxide, alcoholysis of
urea, and carboxylation of amines involving carbonate as carbonylat. Carbamates are conventionally
synthesized on industrial scale by the phosgene route [22]. Carbamates are also obtained by combining
isocyanates, e.g., toluene isocyanate with compounds containing hydroxyl groups, where the
carbamate groups are formed by the reaction of the alcohols or phenols with the isocyanates. This
reaction can be catalyzed by aluminum chloride [23–25]. The isocyanates used in these reactions are
obtained by phosgenation of the corresponding amines or the corresponding alcohols. The drawback of
these processes is that they are very expensive. Furthermore, phosgene has to be used with care
because of its human toxicity and ecotoxicity.

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Carbamates may also be produced by the reaction of an amine with carbonate in presence of a
catalytic quantity of a Lewis acid based on zinc or tin compounds. The drawback of this process is that
alcohols are always produced as byproducts and these need to be removed during the purification of
the carbamates [26]. Franz et al. described a process for making methyl-N-phenyl carbamate from
carbon monoxide, sulphur, aniline, and methanol. Very low yields are produced by this method; the
yield did not exceed 25% even over extended reaction periods [27].
N-arylcarbamates can be prepared by letting nitroaromatics react with carbon monoxide and
alcohols in the presence of catalysts [28]. Thus, carbamates may be prepared by the reaction of organic
nitro compounds, carbon monoxide, and hydroxyl-containing compounds in the presence of a catalysts
consisting of a noble metal and a Lewis acid under essentially anhydrous conditions in the absence of
hydrogen under increased pressure and at temperatures above 150 °C.
Acylation provides an inexpensive and efficient way for obtaining carbamates through a synthetic
process. In this paper we present an efficient synthesis of readily water-soluble carbamates containing
sulfonic groups obtained from the reaction of amines with chloroformates.
2. Results and Discussion
Our goal was to develop a simple method for the preparation of carbamates that begins with readily
available starting materials and can be carried out under mild reaction conditions while being highly
efficient and economical. For our initial studies, we selected readily available methyl chloroformate,
propyl chloroformate, phenyl, tolyl, and naphthalyl chloroformate as the “carbonyl source” to prepare
carbamates from corresponding amines. Although the preparation of corresponding carbamates was
straightforward, finding a suitable method for the preparation and purification of water-soluble
carbamates containing sulfonic groups was not trivial.
Our procedure utilizes readily available aromatic and aliphatic chloroformates and the corresponding
amines as reactants in THF/water media with sodium bicarbonate as a base (Scheme 1A). Reaction
was also performed without any base (Scheme 1B). The reaction is carried out at 0 °C to prevent
phenyl carbamate decomposition and is complete after all reagents are added.
method A
X
O
O
X
O
R2
H2N
SO3H
+
O
Cl
N
SO3H
R2
H
method B
X = H or CH3
method A: NaHCO3, THF/H2O, 00 C - rt
method B: THF/H2O, 00 C - rt
Scheme 1. Synthesis carbamates (A) with sodium bicarbonate; (B) without any bases.
The mixture was stirred at room temperature for two days. The product was isolated by solvent
evaporation, and purified by recrystallization from methanol-water solution or purified by column
chromatography. Yields are presented in Table 1.

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Table 1. Carbamates.
Yield (%)
Entry Substrate 1 (R1-NH2) Substrate 2 (R2-OCOCl) Product (R1-NHOCO-R2)
A
B
H
HO3S
N
O
O
O
H2N
H2N
H2N
SO3H
SO3H
SO3H
1
2
3
99
99
O
Cl
H
N
HO3S
O
O
O
98
98
98
97
O
Cl
H
N
O
HO3S
O
O
Cl
O
H
N
O
HO3S
H2N
H2N
SO3H
SO3H
4
5
99
98
98
96
O
O
Cl
O
H
N
HO3S
O
O
O
O
Cl
O
H
N
HO3S
O
O
6
7
8
98
97
99
98
94
95
H2N
SO3H
O
Cl
H
N
HO3S
O
O
O
H2N
SO3H
O
Cl
Cl
H
N
O
HO3S
O
O
H2N
SO3H
O
O
H
N
HO3S
9
97
97
97
96
H2N
H2N
SO3H
SO3H
O
O
Cl
O
H
N
O
HO3S
10
O
O
Cl
O
The solid carbamates are stable at room temperature for at least several months, making them an
excellent intermediate. To determine optimal reaction conditions for the preparation of carbamates we
performed experiments with varying solvents, temperatures, and reaction times. The best results are
received in the method described below. Acylation of primary amines is carried out in water-THF solution
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solution. The primary amine is dissolved in water and then an equivalent amount of chloroformate
derivative in THF (1:1) is added dropwise under stirring. Primary amines containing protonated
sulfonic groups are very poorly soluble in water and in this case must be previously heated till
completely dissolved in water and after that slowly cooled to room temperature. The desired product is
finally obtained by treating the reaction mixture with saturated bicarbonate solution. The products are
crystallized from methanol/water solution or purified by column chromatography.
The main problem in using method A for water soluble compounds is the separation of resulting
products from salts in the purification step. We tried to find an alternative method for obtaining water
soluble carbamates without the presence of bicarbonate solution. It should be noted that the reaction
also works very well without the presence of sodium bicarbonate. The yields of both methods are
comparable. We think that the presence of sodium bicarbonate only slightly improves the yield of the
reaction. Comparing the results of the two methods, we believed that the use of salt is unnecessary and
only increases the cost of carbamate production. Highest yields were obtained at room temperature
after reaction times of 2 days. By applying method B it is possible to obtain products free of inorganic
salts. The results of both methods are summarized in Table 1.
According to our previously experience in the preparation of amides [29] and esters [30], we tried
to use this method to obtain carbamates. A single-phase solvent system consisting of ethyl acetate as
an organic solvent and triethylamine as a catalyst was used. Unfortunately, we did not observe any
product formation.
We have developed an exceptionally simple, high yield, and economical procedure for the
preparation of substituted carbamates from readily available amines and chloroformates. This
condensation reaction can even be performed with aromatic and aliphatic groups. Not only is this
approach applicable to large scale industrial syntheses, it is also applicable to the synthesis of
carbamates under laboratory conditions.
3. Experimental Section
3.1. General
All chemicals, reagents, and solvents were used as received from commercial sources without
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further purification. 1H-NMR and C-NMR spectra were recorded in DMSO-d6 on a 300 MHz liquid
state Bruker spectrometer. The splitting patterns are annotated as follows: s (singlet), d (doublet), t
(triplet), q (quartet) and m (multiplet). The products were also confirmed by ESI-MS (instrumentation
is described in Nödler et al. [31]). Preparative column chromatography was carried out on glass
columns of different sizes packed with silica gel: Merck 60 (0.035–0.070 mm).
3.2. Synthesis
Method A. General procedure of preparing carbamates containing sulfonic groups (in presence of
sodium bicarbonate) 1–10. A solution of chloroformate (2.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (25 mL) was
slowly added to an ice-water bath cooled solution of primary amine (2.0 mmol) (primary amines
containing sulfonic groups are very poorly soluble in cold water and must previously be heated until
completely dissolved in water and after that cooled to rt.) and water solution of sodium bicarbonate

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(3.0 mmol). After the addition was complete, the ice-water bath was removed and the reaction mixture
left to stir at room temperature for two days. After that, aqueous hydrochloric acid was added and the
mixture was stirring for 2 h. The solvent was evaporated to give the crude product, which was
subsequently purified using column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate, 1:5 and then methanol).
Method B. General procedure of preparing carbamates containing sulfonic groups (without
presence of sodium bicarbonate) 1–10. A solution of chloroformate (2.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran
(30 mL) was slowly added to an ice-water bath cooled solution of primary amine (2.0 mmol) in water
(30 mL) (primary amines containing sulfonic groups are very poorly soluble in cold water and must be
previously heated till completely dissolve in water and after that cooled to rt.). After the addition was
complete, the ice-water bath was removed and the reaction mixture left to stir at room temperature for
two days. The solvent was evaporated to give the crude product, which was subsequently purified
using column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate, 1:5 and then methanol).
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4-[(Phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzenesulfonic acid (1) Yield: 0.58 g (99%). White powder. H-NMR
(300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 10.23 (s, 1H), 7.57 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.44 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.39
(d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.24 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (d, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6)
δ, ppm, 151.93, 150.52, 142.48, 139.05, 129.58, 126.48, 125.65, 121.96, 117.76. Elemental analysis
for: C13H11NO5S Calc.: C, 53.24; H, 3.78. Found: C, 53.32; H, 3.67. ESI-MS: m/z = 293.
4-{[(4-Methylphenoxy)carbonyl]amino}benzenesulfonic acid (2) Yield: 0.60 g (98%). White powder.
1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 10.19 (s, 1H), 7.55 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.44 (d, J = 8.5 Hz,
2H), 7.20 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.09 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 2.31 (s, 3H); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6)
δ, ppm, 151.54, 148.02, 142.79, 138.49, 134.29, 129.49, 126.07, 121.38, 117.15, 20.30. Elemental
analysis for: C14H13NO5S Calc.: C, 54.72; H, 4.26. Found: C, 54.82; H, 4.36. ESI-MS: m/z = 307.
4-{[(Naphthalen-1-yloxy)carbonyl]amino}benzenesulfonic acid (3) Yield: 0.67 g (97%). Light brown
powder. 1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 10.53 (s, 1H), 8.08–7.96 (m, 2H), 7.86 (d, J = 8.0 Hz,
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2H), 7.69–7.49 (m, 5H), 7.43 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H); C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 151.59,
145.96, 143.05, 138.53, 133.99, 127.80, 126.88, 126.51, 126.39, 126.20, 125.59, 125.41, 120.84,
118.51, 117.31. Elemental analysis for: C17H13NO5S Calc.: C, 59.47; H, 3.82. Found: C, 59.52; H, 3.76.
ESI-MS: m/z = 343.
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4-[(Methoxycarbonyl)amino]benzenesulfonic acid (4) Yield: 0.45 g (98%). Brown powder. H-NMR
(300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 9.67 (s, 1H), 7.52 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.39 (d, J = 8.5 Hz, 2H), 3.66 (s, 3H);
13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 153.70, 142.13, 139.05, 125.99, 116.84, 51.53. Elemental
analysis for: C8H9NO5S Calc.: C, 41.56; H, 3.92. Found: C, 41.72; H, 3.75. ESI-MS: m/z = 231.
4-[(Propoxycarbonyl)amino]benzenesulfonic acid (5) Yield: 0.50 g (96%). Dark brown powder. 1H-NMR
(300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 9.63 (s, 1H), 7.52 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.41 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 4.01
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(t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 1.65–1.56 (m, 2H), 0.90 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 3H); C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ,
ppm, 153.17, 141.66, 139.08, 125.76, 116.62, 65.29, 21.42, 9.77. Elemental analysis for: C10H13NO5S
Calc.: C, 46.32; H, 5.05. Found: C, 46.53; H, 5.17. ESI-MS: m/z = 259.

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3-Methyl-4-[(phenoxycarbonyl)amino]benzenesulfonic acid (6) Yield: 0.60 g (98%). White powder.
1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 9.41 (s, 1H), 7.47 (s, 1H), 7.42–7.35 (m, 4H), 7.23 (t, J = 6.0 Hz,
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1H), 7.20 (d, J = 6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.29 (s, 3H); C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 152.53, 150.76,
144.87, 135.99, 130.93, 129.30, 127.65, 125.19, 124.20, 123.50, 121.75, 17.73. Elemental analysis for:
C14H13NO5S Calc.: C, 54.72; H, 4.26. Found: C, 54.83; H, 4.18. ESI-MS: m/z = 307.
3-Methyl-4-{[(4-methylphenoxy)carbonyl]amino}benzenesulfonic acid (7) Yield: 0.60 g (94%). Brown
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powder. H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 9.37 (s, 1H), 7.48 (s, 1H), 7.43 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H),
7.37 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.21 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.08 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 2.31 (s, 3H), 2.28 (s, 3H);
13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 152.62, 148.50, 144.96, 135.92, 134.24, 130.76, 129.58,
127.58, 123.56, 123.43, 121.43, 20.26, 17.69. Elemental analysis for: C15H15NO5S Calc.: C, 56.06; H,
4.70. Found: C, 55.87; H, 4.58. ESI-MS: m/z = 321.
3-Methyl-4-{[(naphthalen-1-yloxy)carbonyl]amino}benzenesulfonic acid (8) Yield: 0.68 g (95%).
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Brown powder. H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 9.72 (s, 1H), 8.03–7.98 (m, 2H), 7.84 (d,
J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.64–7.52 (m, 4H), 7.46–7.40 (m, 3H), 2.36 (s, 3H); 13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6)
δ, ppm, 152.57, 146.30, 145.14, 135.83, 134.04, 130.99, 127.83, 127.63, 126.99, 126.48, 126.40,
125.63, 125.32, 124.07, 123.50, 120.91, 118.47, 17.74. Elemental analysis for: C18H15NO5S Calc.: C,
60.49; H, 4.23. Found: C, 60.37; H, 4.48. ESI-MS: m/z = 357.
4-[(Methoxycarbonyl)amino]-3-methylbenzenesulfonic acid (9) Yield: 0.48 g (97%). Brown powder.
1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 8.80 (s, 1H), 7.42 (s, 1H), 7.38 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (d,
13
J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 3.64 (s, 3H), 2.19 (s, 3H); C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 154.47, 144.23,
136.26, 130.17, 127.31, 123.20, 123.10, 51.56, 17.68. Elemental analysis for: C9H11NO5S Calc.: C, 44.08;
H, 4.52. Found: C, 44.16; H, 4.69. ESI-MS: m/z = 245.
3-Methyl-4-[(propoxycarbonyl)amino]benzenesulfonic acid (10) Yield: 0.52 g (96%). Brown powder.
1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 8.78 (s, 1H), 7.46 (s, 1H), 7.42 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.32 (d,
J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.01 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 2.20 (s, 3H), 1.66–1.57 (m, 2H), 0.91 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 3H);
13C-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ, ppm, 154.52, 143.90, 136.92, 130.63, 127.64, 124.35, 123.51,
65.85, 22.02, 17.83, 10.30. Elemental analysis for: C11H15NO5S Calc.: C, 48.34; H, 5.53. Found: C,
48.13; H, 5.36. ESI-MS: m/z = 273.
4. Conclusions
We have developed a very simple, inexpensive, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly method for
the preparation of carbamates containing sulfonic groups. The presence of the SO3H group in all
synthesized carbamates ensures their good water solubility as their respective salts and thus their
application as tracers in geo-reservoirs. In particular, there is not much information related to the
synthesis of readily water-soluble carbamates. We strongly feel that this study will find numerous
applications even beyond tracers for geothermal applications.

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Supplementary Materials
Supplementary materials can be accessed at: http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/04/6856/s1.
Acknowledgments
The presented study was funded by the German Ministry of Environment (BMU) (promotional
reference No. 0325417, Reaktherm). This support is gratefully acknowledged. We also acknowledge
support from the German Research Foundation and the Open Access Publication Funds of
Göttingen University.
Author Contributions
KRI and TL designed research; KRI, KN performed research and analyzed the data; KRI and TL
wrote the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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