Diisopropylethylamine → 3-Fluoro-4-(4-methyl-3-oxopiperazin-1-yl)nitrobenzene

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N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (11.5 ml) and 1-methyl-2-oxopiperazine (4.12 g) were added to a solution of 3,4-difluoronitrobenzene (1.82 ml) in acetonitrile (100 ml), and the mixture heated to reflux for 16 hours. Solvent was evaporated, and the residue chromatographed on silica, using as eluant a gradient increasing in polarity from 0 to 100% ethyl acetate in iso-hexane. Relevant fractions were combined and evaporated to give 3-fluoro-4-(4-methyl-3-oxopiperazin-1-yl)nitrobenzene (3.37 g).

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