Acetic Anhydride → HCID 14370158, compound

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Bicyclo[3.3.0]-octane-2,4-dicarboxylic acid (1.6 g., 8.1 mmole) was converted to the anhydride by refluxing for three hours in 100 ml. of acetic anhydride. The excess reagent was removed in vacuo. Two hundred fifty (250) ml. of xylene was added along with 1.9 g. (8.1 mmole) of 1-(4-aminobutyl)-4-(2-pyrimidinyl)piperazine. The mixture was refluxed under nitrogen for 48 hours with water removal via a Dean-Stark trap. The solvent was then removed in vacuo and the residue filtered through 75 g. of silica gel with 2% ethanol/chloroform as eluent. Removal of solvent and recrystallization of the residue from isopropanol with the addition of 4N isopropanolic HCl, followed by a second recrystallization from isopropanol, gave 750 mg. of white solid title compound as hydrochloride, one quarter hydrate, m.p. 188°-189° C.

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