Acetic Acid → Benzyl 3-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of benzyl 3-oxoazetidine-1-carboxylate (1.026 g, 5 mmol), 1-methylpiperazine (0.833 mL, 7.50 mmol) and acetic acid (0.429 mL, 7.50 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (5 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. sodium triacetoxyborohydride (2.119 g, 10.00 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. A small amount of water was added to the reaction mixture and the reaction mixture was directly loaded onto a 120 g ISCO column and eluted with 1-12% 2N ammonia in methanol/dichloromethane). benzyl 3-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)azetidine-1-carboxylate (1.45 g) was obtained as a brown oil.

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