1-Piperazinecarboxylic acid, ethyl ester → Ethyl 4-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of 80 g 1-(ethoxycarbonyl)piperazine and 41 g of 2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl bromide is kept at room temperature overnight and then heated to 100° C. for 1 hour. After cooling, it is diluted with 50 ml water and extracted with benzene. The extract is washed with water and then shaken with 5% hydrochloric acid. The separated solid hydrochloride is filtered off, washed with a small quantity of water, decomposed by treatment with aqueous ammonia and the base isolated again by extraction with benzene. Processing of the extract affords 51 g (91%) of the crude 1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-(2-[4-fluorophenyl]ethyl)piperazine, b.p. 198° C./3 Torr.

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