1-Ethyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperazine → 4-(4-Ethylpiperazin-1-yl)aniline

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Reaction Steps

A suspension of 1-ethyl-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine (6.2 g, 26.35 mmol) and Raney Nickel (2 g) in MeOH (120 mL) is stirred for 7 h at RT, under a hydrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture is filtered through a pad of celite and concentrated to afford 5.3 g of the title compound as a violet solid: ESI-MS: 206.1 [MH]+; TLC: Rf=0.15 (DCM/MeOH+1% NH3aq, 9:1).

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