Ammonium formate → 1-(Pyridin-2-yl)piperazin-2-one

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A slurry of palladium on carbon (5%, 3.6 g) in water was added to a solution of 4-phenylmethyl-1-(2-pyridinyl)piperazin-2-one (Description 150, 3.6 g, 13.48 mmol) and ammonium formate (4.25 g, 67.5 mmol) in methanol (100 mL) and the mixture was heated under reflux for 4 hours, cooled and filtered through Hyflo™, washing with methanol. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with CH2Cl2/MeOH (90:10), to give the title compound as an orange oil (1.1 g, 46%). m/z (ES+) 178 (M+1).

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