Potassium Carbonate → HCID 914998, compound

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A mixture of ethyl 4-bromobutanoate (5.75 g, 29.5 mmol; Aldrich No. 167118) and 1-methylpiperazine (3.55 mL, 32.0 mmol; Aldrich No. 130001) and anhydrous K2CO3 (4.5 g, 32.5 mmol; Fisher No. P208) in acetonitrile (MeCN, 150 mL) was refluxed for 18 h before concentrated in vacuo. The organic layer was then separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (DCM, 3×150 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (150 mL), dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated in vacuo to give ethyl 4-(4-methylpiperzin-1-yl)butanoate (6.01 g, 96%) as a yellow oil.

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