Piperazine → 2-Methyl-4-(piperazin-1-yl)quinoline

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4-Chloro-2-methylquinoline (1.8 g, 10 mmol) and anhydrous piperazine (5.25 g, 60 mmol) were dissolved in ethyleneglycol monoethylether (15 ml) and stirred at 140° C. overnight. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, toluene was added (2×100 ml) and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. To the residue was added 0.5 M NaOH (100 ml) and the mixture was extracted with a mixture of dichloromethane/diethylether/ethyl acetate (1:1:1, 3×100 ml). The combined organic phases were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. 2.78 g of an off-white solid (8.5 mmol, 85%) were obtained that were used directly in the next step.

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