Water → Tert-butyl 4-(3-(5-chloro-2-methyl-4-nitrophenoxy)propyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A flask was charged with tert-butyl 4-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (905 mg, 3.7 mmol, commercially available from Alrich), sodium hydride, 95% (24 mg, 4.6 mmol) and THF (10 mL), and the mixture was stirred under N2 for 15 minutes, after which time a solution of 1-chloro-5-fluoro-4-methyl-2-nitrobenzene (700 mg, 3.7 mmol, commercially available from Aldrich) in THF (10 mL) was added to the sodium hydride mixture at 0° C. The reaction mixture was heated to 65° C. for 15 hours. Water was added to the cooled reaction mixture and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic solvent was concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting solid was purified by silica column chromatography eluting with 5% methanol in dichloromethane, to give 1.2 g (78 5 yield) of tert-butyl 4-(3-(5-chloro-2-methyl-4-nitrophenoxy) propyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.82 (s, 1H), 6.92 (s, 1H), 3.92 (t, 2H), 3.06 (m, 4H), 2.62 (m, 4H), 2.36 (m, 2H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 1.84 (m, 2H), 1.42 (s, 9H). MS (EI): 414 (MH+).

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