p-Fluoronitrobenzene → 1-Boc-4-(4-Nitrophenyl)piperazine

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A mixture of 1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene (20.4 mmol), piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (20.4 mmol), potassium carbonate (40.8 mmol), and N′N-dimethylformamide (80 mL) is heated at 60° C. for 3 hrs. The mixture is cooled to room temperature, treated with water (100 mL), extracted with ethyl acetate (3×80 mL). The extracts are washed with water (3×60 mL) and brine (1×75 ml), dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give 4-(4-nitro-phenyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (11) as a yellow solid.

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