Triethylamine → (4-Methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-pyridin-3-yl-acetic acid ethyl ester

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Bromo-pyridin-3-yl-acetic acid ethyl ester (2.54 g; 10.2 mmol), was reacted in refluxing dichloromethane, overnight with 1-methylpiperazine (4.54 mL; 41.0 mmol; 4 equiv) and Et3N (5.8 mL; 41.0 mmol; 4 equiv). The reaction solution was evaporated to dryness, dissolved in CH2Cl2, washed five times with saturated NaHCO3 (aq), washed once with saturated NaCl (aq), dried with Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting brown oil was purified with silica gel chromatography in a 3×17 cm glass column using a 2% methanol/chloroform (v/v) mobile phase. A second column eluted with 30% EtOAc/hexanes (v/v) followed by a step gradient of 0.5-3% methanol/CH2Cl2 (v/v) produced the desired product as a yellow oil (756 mg; 28% yield). MS(ES) calc'd: [M+H]+=263.1 m/z. Found: 263.1 m/z.

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