Triethylamine → tert-Butyl 4-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-piperazin (5 g, 26.8 mmol), triethylamine (7.44 ml, 53.6 mmol), and chloroethylamine (3.11 g, 26.8 mmol) in dimethylformamide (50 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 72 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered, partitioned between H2O and ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase was lyophilized, the residue stirred with methanol and the precipitate collected by suction. The precipitate was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane/methanol/aqueous ammonia=9/1/0.1) to give 1.6 g (26%) of the desired product. MS m/z: 230 ((M+H)+, 91%).

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