Piperazine → tert-Butyl 3-(piperazin-1-yl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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Piperazine (149.2 g, 8 mol. equiv.) was heated to a melt and 1-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-3-methanesulphonyloxy-azetidine (see International Patent Application Publication no. WO93/19059) (54.5 g, 217 mmol) was then added. The mixture was heated at 115° C. for twenty four hours. The reaction was cooled and the excess piperazine removed under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel using methanol:dichloromethane (5:95, by volume) as the eluant to give the title compound (51 g).

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