Water → 1-(4-Nitrophenyl)-2-{4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]piperazin-1-yl}ethanol

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Sodium borohydride (8.0 mg, 0.21 mmol) was added to 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-{4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]piperazin-1-yl}ethanone (20 mg, 0.050 mmol) in ethanol (1 mL) and stirred at RT for 2 h. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted twice with EtOAc, twice with brine, then was dried over MgSO4, and evaporated to dryness. The crude material was purified by preparative TLC using 5% (10% NH4OH in MeOH): 95% DCM solvent system to yield 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-2-{4-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]piperazin-1-yl}ethanol.

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