1-(4,6-Dimethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine → 4-[4-(4,6-Dimethyl-2-pyridyl)piperazin-1-yl]aniline

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A slurry of 1-(4,6-dimethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine (27 g, 86.5 mmol) in methanol (1 L) was hydrogenated over Raney nickel (8 g) at 70-75 psi and room temperature in a Parr hydrogenation apparatus until no starting material was observed on TLC. The mixture was filtered through Celite and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo to afford 4-[4-(4,6-dimethyl-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazin-1-yl]-phenyl amine (22.2 g, 91%) as a solid which needed no further purification and was used as such in the next step.

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