Ammonium formate → (S)-2-(Piperazin-2-yl)ethanol

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Dissolve (S)-2-(1,4-dibenzylpiperazin-2-yl)ethanol (11.7 g, 0.038 mol) in 380 mL of ethanol, add 10% palladium on carbon (3.7 g of wet reagent, 50% by weight) as a suspension in a few mL of ethanol. Add excess ammonium formate (16.8 g, 0.27 mol) all at once. Heat at reflux for 5 h, cool to room temperature and filter through a celite pad, washing well with ethanol. Concentrate filtrate in vacuo to provide the title compound (5 g, quantitative) as a cloudy residue. Use directly on the next step without further purification: mass spectrum (APCI): m/z=131.1 (M+1).

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