1-Piperazinecarboxylic acid, ethyl ester → Ethyl 4-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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N-piperazine carboxylic acid ethyl ester (25.50 g, 161.39 mmol), 3-bromo-1-propanol (22.43 g, 161.39 mmol), potassium carbonate (55.68 g, 403.48) and anhydrous acetonitrile (200 mL) were placed in a 500 mL round bottom flask, heated for refluxing and stirred overnight. The reaction was cooled down to room temperature, filtered, concentrated and subjected to a column chromatography (eluting agent: dichloromethane/methanol/triethylamine system, v/v/v 100:1:0.5) to obtain a light yellow oily substance, 26.60 g, yield 76.3%, which was directly used in the next step of reaction.

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