Ethylene Glycol → 1-Boc-4-(2-thienyl)piperazine

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A mixture of 2-iodothiophene (Aldrich Co., 1.0 g), 1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperazine (Aldrich Co. (hereafter the same), 1.06 g), copper(I) iodide (45 mg), ethylene glycol (530 μl), potassium phosphate (2.02 g) and 2-propanol (5 ml) was heated under reflux for 20 hr. Ethyl acetate was added, and the mixture was filtered through a Celite (trademark) filter. The filtrate was washed 3 times with 28% aqueous ammonia, and then washed with saturated brine. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a brown solid. The solid was purified by silica gel column chromatography (elution solvent: ethyl acetate-hexane (7:3)) to give 4-(2-thienyl)piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (984 mg, yield 77%).

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