Sodium Iodide → 1-[3-(2-Methoxy-5-nitrophenoxy)propyl]-4-methylpiperazine

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2(3-chloropropoxy)-1-methoxy-4-nitrobenzene, (100 g, 0.407 mol) and sodium iodide (9.2 g, 0.614 mol) was added to 520 mL of dry 1,2-dimethoxyethane. To the mixture was then added N-methylpiperazine (82 g, 0.814 mol). Stirred and heated the reaction to reflux. The reaction was monitored by HPLC. After 8 hours, the heating mantle was removed and the reaction was allowed to cool to ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was then drowned in 1 L of ethyl acetate and stirred for a minimum of 1 hour. Bright yellow solids precipitated. The mixture was filtered and rinsed and the salts collected with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was washed once with 400 mL of 0.5 N NaOH. The layers were separated and the organic layer was washed with water (3×390 mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated under vacuum at 35-40° C. to obtain 97.8 g (light orange oil) (77%); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.91 (dd, J=2.6, 9 Hz, 1H), 7.77 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 6.90 (d, J=9 Hz, 1H), 4.14 (t, J=7 Hz, 2H), 3.96 (s, 3H) 2.54 (t, J=7 Hz, 2H), 2.48 (m, 8H), 2.30 (s, 3H), 2.06 (m, 2H); MS (ES) m/z310.1 (M+H).

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