Piperazine → 1-(5-Chloropyridin-2-yl)piperazine

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To a solution of 2,5-dichloropyridine (2 g) in dimethylformamide (30 mL) was added potassium carbonate (3.73 g) and piperazine (1.16 g) and the mixture was stirred at 110° C. for 4 hours. After cooling the reaction mixture, thereto was added ethyl acetate and an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the resultant crude product was purified by column chromatography on NH-silica gel (Chromatorex NH-silica gel, solvent: chloroform/methanol=100/0 to 99/1) to obtain 5-chloro-2-(1-piperazinyl)pyridine (0.28 g, Yield: 10%) as a pale yellow solid.

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