4-Nitrobenzyl chloride → 1-Ethyl-4-(4-nitrobenzyl)piperazine

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 4-nitrobenzylchloride (5 g, 29.14 mmol), N-ethylpiperazine (4.4 ml, 34.97 mmol, 1.2 eq.), potassium carbonate (8 g, 58.28, 2 eq.), and acetone (100 ml) is stirred for 15 h at reflux. The reaction mixture is allowed to cool to RT, filtered and concentrated to afford 7.2 g of the title compound as a brow oil: ESI-MS: 250.1 [MH]+; TLC: Rf=0.31 (DCM/MeOH+1% NH3aq, 9:1).

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