4'-Fluoroacetophenone → p-(4-Propyl-1-piperazinyl)acetophenone

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A mixture of 33.2 g. of p-fluoroacetophenone, 48.3 g. of N-propylpiperazine and 99.5 g. of potassium carbonate in 100 ml. of dimethyl sulfoxide is stirred and heated at 95° for 4.5 hours, then cooled and poured into ice water. The precipitate of p-(4-propyl-1-piperazinyl)-acetophenone is collected by filtration, washed with water and dried; m.p. 68°-70° after crystallization from hexane.

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