Dimethylformamide → 2-[4-(4-Fluorophenyl)piperazin-1-yl]ethan-1-ol

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To a mixture of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazine (7.24 g), potassium carbonate powder (13.9 g) and N,N-dimethylformamide (30 ml) was added dropwise ethylene bromohydrin (10.0 g) under stirring. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours, diluted with 100 ml of water and extracted with ethyl ether. The ethyl ether layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography [eluent: hexane-ethyl acetate (1:3)] to give 7.12 g (79.0%) of 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-piperazineethanol as an oil. IR(Neat): 3150 cm-1. NMR (CDCl3)δ: 2.47-2.80(6H, m), 2.97-3.20(4H, m), 3.10(1H, s), 3.65(2H, t, J=5.5), 6.71-7.13(4H, m).

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