New reactions of N‐T‐butyl‐N‐benzoylhydrazine with triphosgene

N‐tert‐Butyl‐N‐benzoylhydrazine was prepared in a new and convenient procedure with good yield. Triphosgene underwent reaction with three equivalents of N‐t‐butyl‐N‐benzoylhydrazine using six equivalents of triethylamine as a base to yield the cyclic tetramer of N‐t‐butyl‐N‐isocyanatobenzoylamide. Treatment of triphosgene with three equivalents of N‐t‐butyl‐N‐benzoylhydrazine either in the presence of three equivalents of triethylamine or in the absence of triethylamine afforded the cyclic pentamer of iso‐cyanate, from which tert‐butyl is eliminated.