1-Phenylpiperazine → HCID 9948518, compound

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0.416 mg (3.0 mmol) of potassium carbonate were added to a solution of 0.182 g (1.0 mmol) of the 1:1 mixture of the 3-chloro-6-ethyl-5-methyl-pyrazine-2-carbonitrile and the 3-chloro-5-ethyl-6-methyl-pyrazine-2-carbonitrile and of 0.199 g (1.2 mmol) of 1-phenylpiperazine in 10.0 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. It was subsequently poured into 50 ml of an ice/water mixture and extracted 3 times with 50 ml of dichloromethane. The combined dichloromethane phases were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue formed was chromatographed on silica gel with a 4:1 to 0:100 v/v gradient of hexane and dichloromethane as the eluent giving 0.067 g (0.218 mmol, 21.8% of theory) of the 5′-ethyl-6′-methyl-4-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-[1,2′]bipyrazinyl-3′-carbonitrile as orange oil; MS: 308 (M+H)+; and 0.043 g (0.14 mmol, 14% of theory) of the 6′-ethyl-5′-methyl-4-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-[1,2′]bipyrazinyl-3′-carbonitrile as yellow solid; m.p. 99-101° C.; MS: 308 (M+H)+.

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