Potassium Iodide → 1-Boc-4-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperazine

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A solution of piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (26.5 g, 142 mmol) in acetone (300 ml) at room temperature was treated with 3-bromo-propan-1-ol (14.5 ml, 156.2 mmol), potassium carbonate (50 g, 361.8 mmol) and potassium iodide (2.4 g, 14.2 mmol), and the mixture was heated at reflux for 18 h then allowed to cool to room temperature. The suspension was filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluant; 5% methanol:95% dichloromethane) to yield the title compound (27.7 g, 80%).

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