Potassium Hydroxide → 1-Isopropylpiperazine

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To 7.26 g of 1-acetyl-4-isopropylpiperazine were added 100 ml of methanol and 10 g of potassium hydroxide and the mixture was heated under reflux for 17 hours. After the solvent was distilled off, water and chloroform were added. The mixture was extracted with chloroform and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to afford 5.78 g of the title compound as an oily substance.

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