Ethyl Acetate → 4-[(2S,5R)-4-benzyl-2,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl]-2-methylbenzonitrile

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To a solution of 3.81 g of (2R,5S)-1-benzyl-2,5-dimethylpiperazine in 20 ml of DMI were added 3.80 g of 4-fluoro-2-methylbenzonitrile and 7.27 g of diisopropylethylamine, followed by 2 days of stirring in a sealed tube at 210° C. After the addition of ethyl acetate to the reaction solution, the mixture was washed with water and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was removed by evaporation and the resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain 1.50 g of the title compound as a solid from an eluate eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (85:15, v/v).

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