tert-Butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate → t-Butyl 4-(6-chloromethylpyridin-2-ylmethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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2,6-Bis(chloromethyl)pyridine (352 mg) was suspended in 4 mL of ethanol, and 372 mg of N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)piperazine was added into the suspension at ice temperature, and then the suspension was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, the residue was added to water and extracted with chloroform. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was removed. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (methylene chloride-ethanol=30:1) to give 250 mg of t-butyl 4-(6-chloromethylpyridin-2-ylmethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate as a colorless oil.

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