Glyoxal → 1,4-Dimethylpiperazin-2-one

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To 10 g (69.0 mmoles) of 40 percent glyoxal and 200 ml of distilled water is rapidly added 6.1 g (69.0 mmoles) of N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine. The solution is heated rapidly to reflux and heating maintained for 5 minutes. The dark brown solution is allowed to cool to room temperature and is then evaporated at 60° C. under water pump vacuum to a viscous brown oil. The oil is distilled in a short path distillation apparatus to yield 8.2 g (93 percent yield) of 1,4-dimethylpiperazin-2-one in the form of a yellow oil. Purity is greater than 99 percent by capillary gas chromatograph.

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