Triethylamine → Methyl 4-(4-(2-tert-butylphenyl)-piperazin-1-yl)-4-oxobutanoate

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To a stirred solution at 0° C. of 1-(2-tert-butylphenyl)piperazine (0.218 g, 1.00 mmol) and triethylamine (0.303 g, 3.00 mmol) in methylene chloride (5.0 mL) was added methyl 4-chloro-4-oxobutanoate (0.171 g, 1.10 mmol) and the resulting reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature. After 2 h the reaction mixture was diluted with methylene chloride (10.0 mL), washed with water (20.0 mL), dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 50% ethyl acetate/heptanes) to provide methyl 4-(4-(2-tert-butylphenyl)-piperazin-1-yl)-4-oxobutanoate (0.245 g, 74%) as an off-white solid.

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