Hydrochloric Acid → (S)-2-Isopropylpiperazine

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A solution of tert-butyl (2S)-2-propan-2-ylpiperazine-1-carboxylate (2 g, 8.76 mmol) in a mixture of ethyl acetate (20 mL) and methanol (20.00 mL) was stirred at room temperature with 4M HCl in dioxane (30 mL) for 40 h under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness. The crude product was purified by ion exchange chromatography, using a SCX column. The desired product was eluted from the column using 3.5M NH3/MeOH and pure fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford (2S)-2-propan-2-ylpiperazine (1.052 g, 94%) as a white solid.

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