Abstract
A series of new aryl 4-carboaryloxyphenoxyacetates (3a-e) and 4-carboanilinophenoxyacetanilides (3f-s) are synthesized by the reactions of 4-chloroformylphenoxyacetyl chloride with substituted phenols or aromatic amines via liquid-liquid phase transfer catalysis using PEG-400 as the catalyst.