2,6-Dimethylpiperazine → Ethyl 4-(3,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)benzoate

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2,6-Dimethylpiperazine(3.43 g, 30.00 mmol) was added to ethyl 4-fluorobenzoate (1.101 mL, 7.5 mmol), in DMSO (10 mL) warmed to 120° C. under nitrogen. The resulting solution was stirred at 120° C. for 20 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and the solvent was evaporated. The crude product was purified by silica column chromatography, eluting with 10% methanol in dichloromethane containing 1% 0.880 ammonia. Pure fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford ethyl 4-(3,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)benzoate (1.490 g, 76%) as a colourless solid. 1H NMR (399.9 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.15 (6H, d), 1.37 (3H, t), 2.39 (1H, d), 2.42 (1H, d), 2.97-3.05 (2H, m), 3.65-3.69 (2H, m), 4.33 (2H, q), 6.84-6.87 (2H, m), 7.90-7.93 (2H, m)—NH not seen. MS: m/z=264 (MH+).

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