Water → 1-(3-Bromo-5-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazine

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A solution of 1-bromo-3-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-benzene (100 g, 0.41 moles), piperazine (194.9 g, 2.26 moles) in DMSO (800 ml) was heated at 100° C. for 5 hours, cooled at room temperature and stirred overnight. The mixture was poured into water and the yellow solid which separeted was filtered. The solid was suspended in a 5% THF solution in water (300 ml) water/THF, stirred for 1 hour and filtered again.

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