Triethylamine → 1-Benzyl-4-methanesulfonyl-piperazine

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Methanesulfonyl chloride (966 μl, 12.5 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 1-benzylpiperazine (2 g, 11.3 mmol) and triethylamine (1.74 ml, 12.5 mmol) in dry methylene chloride (30 ml) cooled at 0° C. After stirring for 1 hour at ambient temperature, the mixture was partitioned between water and methylene chloride. The organic layer was separated, washed with water, brine, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with methylene chloride/ethyl acetate (7/3) to give 1-benzyl-4-methylsulfonylpiperazine (2.5 g, 87%).

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