tert-butyl 4-(cyanomethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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Conditions: temp:80.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred suspension of 1.50 g (6.66 mmol) of the title compound from Step A above in 25 mL of anhydrous toluene was added 1.38 g (10.0 mol) of triethylamine hydrochloride followed by 0.65 g (10 mmol) of sodium azide. The resulting mixture was heated to 80° C. for 12 h then cooled to ambient temperature. All volatiles were removed in vacuo, and the residue suspended in 5 mL of brine and 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 was achieved. The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform and the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient to afford the title compound (i-18) as white solid (1.1 g, 63%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d) δ 3.82 (s, 2H), 3.29 (br s, 4H), 2.38-2.34 (m, 4H), 1.36 (s, 9H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 269.0 (MH)+. then cooled to ambient temperature All volatiles were removed in vacuo 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated to dryness in vacuo The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient

Conditions: temp:80.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred suspension of 1.50 g (6.66 mmol) of the title compound from Step A above in 25 mL of anhydrous toluene was added 1.38 g (10.0 mol) of triethylamine hydrochloride followed by 0.65 g (10 mmol) of sodium azide. The resulting mixture was heated to 80° C. for 12 h then cooled to ambient temperature. All volatiles were removed in vacuo, and the residue suspended in 5 mL of brine and 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 was achieved. The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform and the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient to afford the title compound (i-18) as white solid (1.1 g, 63%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d) δ 3.82 (s, 2H), 3.29 (br s, 4H), 2.38-2.34 (m, 4H), 1.36 (s, 9H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 269.0 (MH)+. then cooled to ambient temperature All volatiles were removed in vacuo 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated to dryness in vacuo The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred solution of 2.7 g (15 mmol) of tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate in 30 mL of anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide was added 2.4 g (17 mmol) of potassium carbonate followed by 2.1 g (17 mmol) of bromoacetonitrile. The resulting heterogeneous mixture was stirred at ambient temperature of 12 h, quenched with water then extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water then brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-75% acetone in hexanes gradient to afford the title compound as clear gum (1.0 g, 30%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.48 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 4H), 2.53 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 4H), 1.45 (s, 9H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 226.2 (MH)+. quenched with water then extracted with ethyl acetate The combined organic layers were washed with water brine, dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated to dryness in vacuo The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-75% acetone in hexanes gradient

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Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: Compound 284 is synthesized from Intermediate C and piperazin-1-yl-acetonitrile (prepared from 4-Cyanomethyl-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester according to the procedure used to synthesize Intermediate U from U-1) according to General Method F. (LC/MS method 16: ES+ m/z 351.3 [M+H]+, Rt=2.68 min)

Conditions: temp:80.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred suspension of 1.50 g (6.66 mmol) of the title compound from Step A above in 25 mL of anhydrous toluene was added 1.38 g (10.0 mol) of triethylamine hydrochloride followed by 0.65 g (10 mmol) of sodium azide. The resoling mixture was heated to 80° C. for 12 h then cooled to ambient temperature. All volatiles were removed in vacuo, and the residue suspended in 5 mL of brine and 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 was achieved. The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform and the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient to afford the title compound (i-105) as white solid (1.1 g, 63%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 3.82 (s, 2H), 3.29 (br s, 4H), 2.38-2.34 (m, 4H), 1.36 (s, 9H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 269.0 (MH)+. then cooled to ambient temperature All volatiles were removed in vacuo 1.0 N aqueous hydrogen chloride solution was added until pH of ˜4 The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform the combined organics were dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated to dryness in vacuo The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-100% acetone in hexanes gradient

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a stirred solution of 2.7 g (15 mmol) of tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate in 30 mL of anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide was added 2.4 g (17 mmol) of potassium carbonate followed by 2.1 g (17 mmol) of bromoacetonitrile. The resulting heterogeneous mixture was stirred at ambient temperature of 12 h, quenched with water then extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water then brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-75% acetone in hexanes gradient to afford the title compound as clear gum (1.0 g, 30%). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.48 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 4H), 2.53 (t, J=5.0 Hz, 4H), 1.45 (s, 9H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 226.2 (MH)+. quenched with water then extracted with ethyl acetate The combined organic layers were washed with water brine, dried over magnesium sulfate evaporated to dryness in vacuo The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 0-75% acetone in hexanes gradient

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Procedure: To a solution of 30% TFA/CH2Cl2 (10 mL) is added 4-cyanomethyl-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.7 g, 6.8 mmol) and the reaction is stirred for 14 h. The reaction is concentrated and chromatoghraphed using silica gel (%1 NH4OH/7% MeOH/CH2Cl2) to isolate piperazin-1-yl-acetonitrile as the free base. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ4.36 (s, 2H), 3.54 (s, 2H), 3.45 (t, 2H), 3.13 (t, 2H). The reaction is concentrated

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Procedure: To a partially dissolved solution of piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (2.0 g, 10 mmol) in THF (30 mL) is added 60% NaH (0.44 g, 11 mmol). The resulting solution is stirred for 5 min before the addition of bromoacetonitrile (0.9 mL, 13 mmol). The reaction is stirred for 4 h. MeOH (1 mL) is added and the solution is concentrated and the residue is diluted with EtOAc, washed with 1 N HCl, H2O, NaHCO3 and the solution is dried over MgSO4. The filtrate is concentrated and the crude product is chromatographed using a silica column (50% EtOAc/PE-EtOAc) to yield 4-cyanomethyl-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ4.41 (s, 2H), 4.16 (s, 2H), 3.75 (t, 2H), 3.51 (t, 2H), 1.47 (s, 9H). the solution is concentrated the residue is diluted with EtOAc washed with 1 N HCl, H2O, NaHCO3 the solution is dried over MgSO4 The filtrate is concentrated the crude product is chromatographed

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Procedure: In a 100 ml 3 necked round bottom flask, intermediate tert-butyl 4-(cyanomethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (7 g) was taken in dry THF (125 ml) under nitrogen. lithium bis trimethylsilyl amide (10.8 g) was added dropwise at −78° C. and stirred for 1 hr, then diethyl chloro phosphate (5.84 g) in 5 ml dry THF was added drop wise to the above reaction mixture. Reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour. TLC was checked no starting material and the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride (250 ml) and ethyl acetate was added. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried and concentrated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography using 230-400 silica gel 2.5% methanol\chloroform as eluent to give compound tert-butyl 4-(cyano(diethoxyphosphoryl)methyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate as yellow liquid. Reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride (250 ml) and ethyl acetate was added The organic layer was washed with brine dried concentrated The crude product was purified by column chromatography