Piperazine → 1-Phenylpiperazine

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A 200 ml Kjeldahl flask equipped with a cooling condenser and a thermometer was charged with a solution of 22.0 g of piperazine in 20 ml of o-xylene, a solution of 6.70 g of bromobenzene in 20 ml of o-xylene, and a solution of 5.66 g of NaOBut in 20 ml of o-xylene, and further with a solution of 4.5 mg of palladium acetate in 5 ml of o-xylene (the ratio of palladium atom/bromobenzene=0.05% by mole). The flask was flushed with nitrogen for about 20 minutes while the content was stirred, and 0.2 ml of tri-tert.-butylphosphine was added. Then the mixture was heated to 120° C., and maintained at that temperature for 3 hours with stirring. After completion of the reaction, 80 ml of water was added to cool the reaction product. The mixture was introduced in a separatory funnel and the organic phase was separated. The lower aqueous phase was extracted with 40 ml of o-xylene. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate. Gas chromatographic analysis of the obtained product by the internal standard method revealed that the intended arylamine, i.e., N-phenylpiperazine was obtained in a yield of 92% by mole.

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