Benzyl Alcohol → Benzyl Alcohol

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1-[4-(5-Cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine (25 g) was suspended in benzyl alcohol (250 ml) under inert gas atmosphere. The resulting suspension was charged with conc. HCl (0.91 g, 0.98 eq.) and after addition a clear solution was obtained. Following stirring for about 10 minutes a thick suspension formed, which was allowed to stir at 20-25° C. for 17 hours. The suspension was heated to about 95° C. and stirred for about 5 hours whereupon the suspension became thin. The resulting suspension was cooled to 30-35° C. and stirred for about 1 hour. The solid was filtered, washed with benzyl alcohol (50 ml) and MTBE (2×50 ml) and dried in vacuo at 20-25° C. for about 3 hours to afford 31.5 g mono solvate of 1-[4-(5-cyanoindol-3-yl)butyl]-4-(2-carbamoyl-benzofuran-5-yl)-piperazine hydrochloride with benzyl alcohol.

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