Trifluoroacetic acid → 1-(Oxetan-3-yl)piperazine

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Reaction Steps

Trifluoroacetic acid (100 mL, 33.0 eq, 1327.9 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 4-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (9.8 g, 1.0 eq, 40.2 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (500 mL). Reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature. Progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC analysis. After 30 minutes the reaction mixture was concentrated on a rotovap (bath temperature was maintained at 20° C.) to remove the volatiles. The crude solution was loaded on to SCX-2 (100 g, obtained from Sillicycle) and eluted with CH2Cl2/MeOH [1:1 CH2Cl2/MeOH (100 mL) & then with neat MeOH (100 mL)]. Then the product was eluted with 2M NH3 in MeOH (200 mL). Fractions eluted with 2M NH3 in MeOH were combined and concentrated under reduced pressure to leave 1-(oxetan-3-yl)piperazine as a colourless oil in 98% yield.

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