Piperazine → 1-(4-Pyridyl)piperazine

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To piperazine (3.6 g) dissolved at 110° C. was added 4-bromopyridine (1.0 g) and the mixture was stirred at 140-150° C. for 1 hr. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with chloroform. The extract was washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give the title compound (0.64 g) as a pale-yellow solid.

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