Cesium carbonate → tert-Butyl 4-(4-methylpyrimidin-2-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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Palladium acetate (45 mg, 0.2 mmol), BINAP (62 mg, 0.1 mmol) and cesium carbonate (650 mg, 2 mmol) were suspended in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane (3 ml) under an argon atmosphere and sonicated for 45 minutes. 2-Bromo-4-methylpyrimidine (173 mg, 1 mmol) and tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (208 mg, 1.3 mmol) were dissolved in 3 ml anhydrous 1,4-dioxane and the resulting solution was added to the catalyst-containing mixture. The resulting mixture was stirred at 110° C. overnight, afterwards diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by column chromatography (silica, gradient from DCM to DCM/ethyl acetate 8/2) to yield 120 mg of a brown oil (0.43 mmol, 43%) MS (APCI) m/z=279.2 [M+1]+.

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