Piperazine → 1-(5-Nitropyridin-2-yl)piperazine

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2-Chloro-5-nitropyridine (25 g) is dissolved in acetonitrile (150 ml) and the mixture is added dropwise over 30 min to a stirred suspension of piperizine (61.3 g) and potassium carbonate (26.2 g) in acetonitrile (550 ml). The reaction mixture is stirred at 20°-25° for 16 hr. The solvent is removed on a rotary evaporator and the residue is diluted with methylene chloride/water. The organic layer is separated and washed with water (twice) and saline, dried over potassium carbonate and concentrated to give 1-(5-nitro-2-pyridinyl)-piperazine, IR 3338, 3102, 3068, 1603, 1570, 1482, 1347, 1340, 1320, 1306 and 1253 cm-1.

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