1-Methylpiperazine → 4-Methylpiperazine-1-carboxamide

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To a solution of phenyl carbamate (20.0 g, 146 mmol) in MeCN (200 mL) was added N-methylpiperazine (20.00 g, 200 mmol) followed by catalytic amount of ytterbium triflate (0.500 g, 1.061 mmol) and the resulting mixture was heated at 80° C. for 1 h. The solvent from the reaction mixture was completely evaporated and the residue was crystallized from MTBE to provide 4-methylpiperazine-1-carboxamide (14.2 g, 68% yield) as white solid 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 5.92 (s, 2H), 3.42 (t, J=4.9 Hz, 4H), 2.19 (t, J=4.9 Hz, 4H), 2.14 (s, 3H).

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