1-Butanol → 4-(Piperazin-1-yl)benzonitrile hydrochloride

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A mixture of 27.3 g (0.15 mole) of p-bromobenzonitrile, 38.7 g (0.45 mole) of piperazine and 42.0 g (0.30 mole) of solid potassium carbonate in a total volume of 60 ml of n-butanol was heated at reflux for 16 hr under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the slurry partitioned between 10% sodium hydroxide and chloroform. The chloroform layer was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give an oil. The oil was eluted through a 400 g silica gel column with a 10% methanol in methylene chloride mixture. The appropriate fractions were concentrated under reduced pressure to give a golden oil. Trituration of this oil with ethyl acetate gave a white powder. The collected white powder was stirred for 15 min in ethereal hydrogen chloride and recrystallized from methanol-water to give 1.5 g (4.5%)* of white solid, m.p. 160° C. with decomposition.

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