3-Methylbenzylpiperazine → HCID 18955924, compound

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The crude piperazine derivative from above (11.0 g, 56 mmole) was dissolved in 150 ml of toluene and added to 19.2 g (56 mmole) of 3-benzyloxy-4'-chlorobenzhydryl chloride (see U.S. Pat. No. 4,757,074) and heated to reflux for 40 hours. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, diluted to 600 ml with diethyl ether, and washed with 100 ml of 1.0M sodium hydroxide followed by three 200 ml portions of water and 100 ml of saturated sodium chloride. The product was dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent removed to give 27.0 g of crude product as a dark oil. The material was purified by chromatography on silica gel (Waters Prep 500) with 0.1% triethylamine in dichloromethane to give 14.7 g (53%) of 1-(3-benzyloxy-4'-chlorobenzhydryl)-4-(3-methylbenzyl)piperazine as a dark oil. A 5.0 g portion of the oil was dissolved in 300 ml of 2:1 ethanol:methanol and treated with an excess of ethanolic hydrochloric acid to produce the dihydrochloride salt of the product. Addition of 150 ml diethyl ether and cooling provided 1.74 g of the salt as white crystals, mp. 204°-208° C. Calc. for C32H33ClN2O 2HCl: C, 67.43; H, 6.19; N, 4.91; Cl, 18.66. Found: C, 67.15; H, 6.14; N, 4.87; Cl, 18.58.

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