Trifluoroacetic acid → 2,2-Dimethyl-1-(2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl)piperazine

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A mixture of 4-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-3,3-dimethylpiperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (510 mg, 1.59 mmol) and TFA (5 mL) in DCM (10 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 2 h. The reaction mixture was loaded onto an Isolute® SCX-2 cartridge which was washed with MeOH/DCM and the product eluted with 2M NH3/MeOH affording 1-(2-(Methanesulfonyl)ethyl)-2,2-dimethylpiperazine as a white solid (320 mg, 91%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ 3.49 (s, 1 H); 3.12-3.03 (m, 5 H); 2.92-2.84 (m, 4 H); 2.60 (s, 2 H); 2.53-2.47 (m, 2 H); 1.06 (s, 6 H).

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