Acetic Acid → Tert-butyl 4-(4-amino-3-fluorophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of the product of Example 28A (1.6 g, 4.9 mmol), zinc dust (3.2 g, 49 mmol) and acetic acid (5.4 mL) in 1/1 tetrahydrofuran/methanol (100 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was diluted with water and adjusted to pH 9. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organic phase was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (200-300 mesh) eluting with 99/1 dichloromethane/methanol to give the title compound. MS: 296 (M+H+).

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