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Buchwald–Hartwig amination, record ord-8809d217cb404d41bb5809dd5f95b269

One recorded run of this reaction. Below is what the source recorded, and nothing added to it.

verified record75% yield recordedNot balanced as writtenFrom experimental reaction archive

Reactants and products as the record gives them. Reagents, catalysts and solvents are listed below rather than drawn.

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What was in the flask

RoleSpeciesFormulaYield
Reactant1-Bromo-4-fluorobenzeneC₆H₄BrF
Reactant1-BenzylpiperazineC₁₁H₁₆N₂
Reagentsodium 2-methylpropan-2-olateC₄H₉NaO
Catalyst1,1'-(9,9-Dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylphosphine)C₃₉H₃₂OP₂
CatalystPalladium (II) acetateC₄H₈O₄Pd
SolventTolueneC₇H₈
Product1-Benzyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazineC₁₇H₁₉FN₂74.98%

The equation does not balance as written. That is usual for an experimental record: the source listed what it put in and what it measured, not a stoichiometric equation.

Conditions

Temperature
50 °C

Only the dimensions the source stated are listed. Anything absent here was not recorded, and it is not inferred from what the class usually needs.

Yield

  • 75% of 1-Benzyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazine.

Procedure

Copied from the source record, unedited

diacetoxypalladium (12.74 mg, 0.06 mmol) and (9,9-dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine) (32.8 mg, 0.06 mmol) were suspended in toluene (0.5 mL) under N2. Heated to 50C for 30 min (microwave). sodium 2-methylpropan-2-olate (109 mg, 1.13 mmol) was suspended in toluene (0.500 mL) under N2. 1-benzylpiperazine (0.099 mL, 0.57 mmol) and 1-bromo-4-fluorobenzene (0.093 mL, 0.85 mmol) were added, followed by the catalyst solution. Heated to 100C for 2h in the microwave (high abs), then rt over night. The product was purified on silica (0-25% EtOAc/heptane) Yield: 1-benzyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)piperazine (115 mg, 75.0 %)

The source

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  • experimental reaction archive record ord-8809d217cb404d41bb5809dd5f95b269 from dataset "750 AstraZeneca ELN dataset" (url: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c9e3f37792a23bfdb2d471). No atom mapping is provided by the source.

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