Chloroacetone → HCID 11558165, compound

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Potassium carbonate (1.27 g, 9.22 mmol), N-ethyldiisopropylamine (0.80 ml, 4.61 mmol), and chloroacetone (1.22 ml, 13.83 mmol) were added to a solution of benzyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (2.03 g, 90.22 mmol) in acetonitrile(20 ml), and the mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hours. The insoluble substances were removed by filtration and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography(methylene chloride/methanol=100/1) to afford benzyl 4-(2-oxopropyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (2.24 g, yield 88%) as a pale yellow oil.

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