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A process for the production of a carbamate having the formula: <CHEM> wherein X and Y are independently either hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group or a hetero-substituted hydrocarbyl group or the group of formula: <CHEM> wherein Z is either a divalent hydrocarbyl, a substituted hydrocarbyl group or the group of formula: [ (alkylene)m(NH)n(alkylene)m ] (III) in which n = 0 to 4 and m = 1 to 4, and R is a hydrocarbyl or substituted hydrocarbyl group, provided that if either one of X or Y is the group of formula (II), the other of X or Y is hydrogen, which process comprises reacting a compound of the formula<EMI ID=00.3 HE=20 WI=125 TI=CF> wherein X and Y are independently either hydrogen, a hydrocarbyl group or a hetero-substituted hydrocarbyl group with a dihydrocarbyl carbonate having the formula: <CHEM> wherein independently R is as defined above in the presence as catalyst of a strong organic base and in the proportions necessary to produce either a mono-carbamate or a bis-carbamate. |