Acetyl chloride → Triethylamine hydrochloride

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2-Piperazinoethanol (7.81 g, 60 mmoles) and triethylamine (8.36 ml, 66 mmoles) were dissolved in 100 ml of methylene chloride and cooled to 0°-5° C. Acetyl chloride (4.28 ml, 60 mmoles) in 20 ml of methylene chloride was added and the reaction mixture warmed to room temperature, held for 2 hours, and then evaporated in vacuo to dry solids. The solids were triturated with four portions of warm ether. The triturates were combined, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to yield 2-(4-acetylpiperazino)ethanol as an oil [7.5 g; free of triethylamine and triethylamine hydrochloride by pnmr assay; Rf 0.3 (methanol/10% acetic acid)].

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