Acetic Acid → 1-(4-Boc-aminobutyl)piperazine

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A mixture of 4-(4-tert-butoxycarbonylaminobutyl)piperazine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (16) (3.26 g, 8.33 mmol), acetic acid (0.5 mL), and palladium hydroxide on carbon (60% wet, 0.98 g) in methanol (15 mL) was stirred under atmospheric hydrogen for 16 h. The catalyst was removed by suction filtration over Celite. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the resulting residue was purified by Biotage silica gel column chromatography using concentrated ammonium hydroxide/methanol/dichloromethane to give 17 as a yellow oil (1.94 g, 91% yield): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.53 (m, 4H), 2.35 (m, 6H), 2.45 (br, 1H), 2.94 (t, 4H), 3.12 (m, 2H), 5.32 (br, 1H); ESI MS m/z 258 [C13H27N3O2+H]+.

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