Piperazine → 1-(Pyridin-3-yl)piperazine

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3-Bromopyridine (1.0 g, 6.32 mmol) and piperazine (3.2 g, 37.9 mmol) were dissolved in xylene (10 mL) and the solution was purged with argon for 10 min. Potassium tert-butoxide (0.99 g, 8.86 mmol) and catalytic Pd(PtBu3)2 (320 mg, 0.63 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was heated to 120° C. for 10 h, cooled to room temperature, diluted with EtOAc and filtered through Celite. The filtrate was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (silica 60-120 mesh, eluent 10% MeOH in CH2Cl2) to get 1-(pyridin-3-yl)piperazine (350 mg, yield 35%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 8.26 (d, J=3.0 Hz, 1H), 7.97-7.95 (dd, J=4.6 Hz, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 7.29-7.26 (m, 1H), 7.20-7.16 (m, 1H), 3.08-3.06 (m, 4H), 2.83-2.81 (m, 4H). MS (ESI) m/z: Calculated for C9H13N3: 163.11. found: 164.0 (M+H)+

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