Sodium Iodide → 4-(4-(2-(4-(3-Trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazinyl)ethyl)phenyl)-2-methylthiazole

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To a 125 ml round-bottomed flask equipped with condenser and N2 inlet were added 2.39 g (7.5 mmol) of 4-(4-(2-chloroethyl)phenyl)-2-methylthiazole hydrobromide, 2.0 g (7.5 mmol) of N-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine hydrochloride, 2.62 ml (15.0 mmol) of diisopropylethylamine, 1.59 g (15.0 mmol) of sodium carbonate, 5 mg of sodium iodide, and 50 ml of methylisobutylketone. The reaction was heated at reflux for 4.5 days, filtered hot to remove inorganic material, cooled, and the precipitate filtered and washed with ether and ethyl acetate. The solid was taken up in methylene chloride, hydrochloride gas bubbled through to precipitate the salt, and the resulting solid filtered, washed with methylene chloride, and dried to give a solid, m.p. 170°-175° C., 1.93 g (51%).

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