Hexane → 1-(2-Methyl-allyl)-4-(4-amino-phenyl)-piperazine

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Tin (II) chloride dihydrate (67.0 g, 297 mmol) was added in portions to a solution of 1-(2-methyl-allyl)-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine (prepared as described in Reference Example 40, 13 g, 50 mmol) in ethyl acetate (200 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was heated to reflux for 4 hours then the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was diluted with water and basified with 10% sodium hydroxide solution to pH ˜10 then extracted with ethyl acetate (4×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed twice with saturated brine then dried over sodium sulfate. Filtration and concentration in vacuo gave a gummy mass which was washed repeatedly with small volumes of 1:3 ether/hexane to afford a solid. This was slurried with hexane, filtered and dried under vacuum at room temperature to afford 1-(2-methyl-allyl)-4-(4-amino-phenyl)-piperazine (8.5 g, 74%) as light yellow solid.

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