Acetic Anhydride → 1-[4-(6-Chloropyrazin-2-yl)piperazin-1-yl]ethan-1-one

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6-Chloro-2-(1-piperazinyl)-pyrazine hydrochloride (15 g, 0.064 mole) is added to a solution of 20 g of sodium acetate trihydrate (0.147 mole) in 250 ml ice water. The vigorously stirred mixture is treated with 15 ml acetic anhydride followed by 100 ml water. The mixture is stirred 3 hours while warming to room temperature and the product, which separates as an oil, is extracted with toluene. The toluene extract is washed with water and concentrated in vacuo to give a crude product which is recrystallized twice from n-butylchloride to give the title compound, mp 106°-107.5° C.

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