Trifluoroacetic acid → Dimethyl-(4-piperazin-1-YL-phenyl)-amine

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Trifluoroacetic acid (10 ml) was added to a solution of 1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-4-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)piperazine (2.01 g 6.58 mmol ) in dichloromethane (20 ml) and the mixture stirred for 30 min at room temperature. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo and saturated aqueous potassium carbonate (100 ml) was cautiously added to the residue. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (3×100 ml), the extracts were washed with brine (50 ml), combined and dried (MgSO4). Concentration of the extracts gave 1-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)piperazine (1.14 g, 84%) as a cream solid; δH (DMSO-d6) 2.77 (6H, s, N(CH3)2), 2.79 (4H, m, 2×piperazinyl CH2), 2.86 (4H, m, 2×piperazinyl CH2), 6.68 (2H, m, ArH), and 6.82 (2H, m, ArH).

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