Hydrochloric Acid → Piperazin-1-ol dihydrochloride

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To 1-formyl-4-hydroxypiperazine (5.0 g) is added 3N hydrochloric acid (50 ml) and the mixture is heated at 77°-87° C. with stirring for 20 minutes and water is removed from the mixture under reduced pressure to yield a pale yellow residue. After washing with ethanol, the residue is crystallized from a mixture of water and ethanol to give 1-hydroxypiperazine dihydrochloride (5.0 g) as light brown prisms, m.p. 164°-175° C. (decomposition).

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