(+-)-Tetramisole → Levamisole

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Reaktionsschritte

A suspension of 31.73 g of L-N-[(4-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl-glutamic acid (0.1 mol) in 400 ml of 2-propanone and 20 ml of water was stirred and heated till all solid entered solution. Then there were added 20.43 g of tetramisole. The whole was stirred and heated to reflux and additionally stirred at reflux for 10 minutes. The mixture was further stirred for 4 hours while the temperature was allowed to reach room temperature. The precipitate was filtered off, washed with 100 ml of 2-propanone and 5 ml of water and dried under vacuo at 50° C., yielding 25.55 g of levamisole.L-N-[(4-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]glutamic acid (salt) (yield 98%) αD20 =-62.4° (c5. 1N HCl); mp. 127.3°-129° C.

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