Acetic Acid → tert-butyl 4-[(4-cyano-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate

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1-Formyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-4-carbonitrile (0.22 g, 1.3 mmol) was dissolved in MeOH (8 mL) and treated with tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (0.35 g, 1.9 mmol) followed by treatment of sodium cyanoborohydride (0.40 g, 6.43 mmol) and few drops of Acetic acid. The resulting mixture was then stirred at room temperature overnight. LC indicated completion of the reaction. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, treated with EtOAc and washed with saturated NaHCO3, dried with Na2SO4, filtered and loaded into MPLC for separation over silica gel. with 10% MeOH in DCM to afford tert-butyl 4-[(4-cyano-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-yl)methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate. This material was further treated with TFA to remove the Boc group. Removal of volatiles gave rise to 1-(piperazin-1-ylmethyl)indane-4-carbonitrile, which was used as the crude. LC-MS (IE, m/z): 242 (M+1)+.

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