Dimethylacetamide → Ethyl 4-(4-benzylpiperazin-1-yl)benzoate

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A mixture of 17.6 parts of 1-(phenylmethyl)piperazine, 8.4 parts of ethyl 4-fluorobenzoate and 45 parts of N,N-dimethylacetamide was stirred and refluxed for 22 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and poured onto 500 parts of water. The product was extracted three times with benzene. The combined extracts were washed three times with a lot of water, dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was stirred in hexane. The product was filtered off, washed with hexane and dried in vacuo, yielding 12.5 parts (77%) of ethyl 4-[4-(phenylmethyl)-1-piperazinyl]benzoate (intermediate 2).

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