Piperazine → 1-[(4-Fluorophenyl)methyl]piperazine--hydrogen chloride (1/2)

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A mixture of 4-fluorobenzylchlorine and piperazine was treated according to the general preparation 1 to obtain N-(4-fluorobenzyl) piperazine dihydrochloride (67%), mp, 282-284° C. The N1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N4-phenacyl piperazine dihydrochloride could be preparated according to the general preparation 2, which was reduced with KHCO3 (0.65 g, 6.5 mmol) and KBH4 (0.59 g, 10.4 mmol) in methanol (40 ml) according to the general preparation 3 to obtain 0.72 g of the title compound as white solid.

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