Hydrochloric Acid → 1,1-Dimethylethyl 4-[(5-amino-2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-1-piperazinecarboxylate

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Iron (1.7 g, 26.7 mmol) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.2 mL) were added to ethanol/water (45 mL/45 mL), and refluxed for 1 hour. The mixed reaction solution was added with tert-butyl 4-(2-chloro-5-nitrobenzyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (1.9 g, 5.34 mmol) obtained in <Step 1> above, and further refluxed for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was filtered through a Celite pad under reduced pressure, and washed with ethanol and chloroform/2-propanol=3/1 (v/v). The resulting filtrate was distilled under reduced pressure and dissolved in ethanol and chloroform/2-propanol=3/1 (v/v). The organic layer was washed with an aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and brine. The obtained organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrated compound was purified using silica gel chromatography (chloroform:methanol=30:1 (v/v)) to obtain the title compound (1.5 g, 86%).

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