Sodium Hydroxide → 4-((4-(Aminomethyl)phenyl)methyl)-1-phenylpiperazine

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N-(4-((4-Phenylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl)phenylmethyl)acetamide (2.6 g) was dissolved in 10% hydrochloric acid (50 ml) and the mixture was refluxed under heating for 6 hr. To the mixture was added 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to make it alkaline and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (100 ml×3). The extract was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated and the obtained residue was crystallized from water-ethanol to give the title compound (1.34 g) as white crystals, m.p.=68-70° C.

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