Sodium Iodide → 1-[3-(2-Methoxy-5-nitrophenoxy)propyl]-4-methylpiperazine

Reaction equation

Cl[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][O:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[C:10]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]=1[O:15][CH3:16].[I-].[Na+].[CH3:19][N:20]1[CH2:25][CH2:24][NH:23][CH2:22][CH2:21]1>COCCOC>[CH3:16][O:15][C:7]1[CH:8]=[CH:9][C:10]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])=[CH:11][C:6]=1[O:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][N:23]1[CH2:24][CH2:25][N:20]([CH3:19])[CH2:21][CH2:22]1

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Procedure

2(3-chloropropoxy)-1-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene, (100 g, 0.407 mol) and sodium iodide (9.2 g, 0.614 mol) was added to 520 mL of dry 1,2-dimethoxyethane. To the mixture was then added N-methylpiperazine (82 g, 0.814 mol). Stirred and heated the reaction to reflux. The reaction was monitored by HPLC. After 8 hours, the heating mantle was removed and the reaction was allowed to cool to ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was then drowned in 1 L of ethyl acetate and stirred for a minimum of 1 hour. Bright yellow solids precipitated. The mixture was filtered and rinsed and the salts collected with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was washed once with 400 mL of 0.5 N NaOH. The layers were separated and the organic layer was washed with water (3×390 mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated under vacuum at 35-40° C. to obtain 97.8 g (light orange oil) (77%); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.91 (dd, J=2.6, 9 Hz, 1H), 7.77 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 6.90 (d, J=9 Hz, 1H), 4.14 (t, J=7 Hz, 2H), 3.96 (s, 3H) 2.54 (t, J=7 Hz, 2H), 2.48 (m, 8H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 2.06 (m, 2H); MS (ES) m/z310.1 (M+H).