A mixture of 1-(2-fluoro-phenyl)-3-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-1H-indazole hydrochloride (9.0 g, 0.026 moles) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) and water (100 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 0.5 hour as a solution formed. Sodium carbonate (15 g, 0.142 moles) was added portion-wise over a 5-minute period, followed by ether (150 ml). The mixture was shaken and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ether (100 ml). The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to a gum (8.0 g, 99% crude). To this gum was added, all at once, a solution of L-tartaric acid (4.0 g, 0.0267 mol) in water (80 ml). The mixture was stirred for ˜2 minutes when a complete solution formed. Stirring was continued and after ˜2 minutes solid began precipitating. The suspension was stirred at 0° C. for 3 hours and filtered. The solid was rinsed with water (15 ml) and pressed dry under suction. Further drying in vacuo at 50° C. for 16 hours provided 10.2 g (85.5%) of the L-tartrate salt—1-(2-fluoro-phenyl)-3-(piperidin-4-yloxy)-1H-indazole L-tartrate.
