Triethylamine → (R)-Tert-butyl 4-benzyl-2-methylpiperazine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of (R)-1-benzyl-3-methylpiperazine (10 g, 52.6 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 mL) at room temperature was added triethylamine (10.6 g, 106 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h. To the reaction mixture was added (BOC)2O (13.7 g, 62.8 mmol) and the contents were stirred for further 4 h. The reaction mixture was quenched in water and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude product. The crude product was purified by silica gel (100-200 mesh) column chromatography eluting with 10% ethyl acetate in n-hexanes to afford 13.0 g of (R)-tert-butyl 4-benzyl-2-methylpiperazine-1-carboxylate.

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