Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(3-Fluoro-propyl)-4-(3-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine

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To a suspension of 1-(3-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine; hydrochloride (1.0 g, 4.1 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.62 g, 4.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (10 mL) was added 1-fluoro-3-iodo-propane (0.85 g, 4.5 mmol) and was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. The mixture was poured into water (50 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane (3×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride (10 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. 1-(3-Fluoro-propyl)-4-(3-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine was isolated as a viscous orange oil (0.886 g, 80%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, δ, ppm): 7.71 (s, 1H), 7.65 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.37 (t, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (dd, J=8.3, 1.9 Hz, 1H), 4.54 (ddd, J=47.2, 5.9, 5.9 Hz, 2H), 3.32-3.27 (m, 4H), 2.65-2.60 (m, 4H), 2.55 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.00-1.85 (m, 2H). MS=268 (MH)+.

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