Triethylamine → tert-Butyl 4-(4-bromo-2-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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In a pressure tube, 5-bromo-2-fluorobenzonitrile (2500 mg, 12.5 mmol), tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (2444.45 mg, 13.12 mmol), triethylamine (5.23 ml, 37.5 mmol) in dimethylsulfoxide (10 ml) were combined and refluxed at 100 C for ovn. The mixture was cooled, and partitioned between ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic phase was dried using sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel 5-60% ethyl acetate/hexane to provide a light brown oil, tert-butyl 4-(4-bromo-2-cyanophenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (3660 mg, 80%).

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