Piperazine → 1-(2-Chloro-4-fluorophenyl)piperazine

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A suspension of 1-bromo-2-chloro-4-fluorobenzene (4.19 g, 20 mmoles), piperazine (10.32 g, 120 mmoles), sodium tert-butoxide (2.3 g, 1.5 mmoles), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (366 mg, 0.4 mmoles) and racemic (−)-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (747 mg, 1.2 mmoles) in toluene (2 mL) was heated to 120° C. overnight. The mixture was cooled, filtered and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 0-5% 2N methanolic ammonia in DCM) to provide the title compound.

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