Water → Ethyl 4-(3-methyl-3-phenylbutyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of 1-bromo-3-methyl-3-phenylbutane (0.73 g), ethyl piperazinecarboxylate (0.51 g) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.50 g) in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml) was refluxed under heating for 36 hours. To the reaction solution was added water and the solution was extracted with ethyl acetate. After washing with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, the ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (15 g) and elution with a hexane-ethyl acetate (2:1) mixture gave 0.80 g of ethyl 4-(3-methyl-3-phenylbutyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate.

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