130018-91-6 → Cetirizine Hydrochloride

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The procedure described in Example 13 is followed with the difference that, after the hydrolysis, the reaction mixture is diluted with 3500 ml of water, cooled to 0° C., the precipitated crystalline cetirizine sodium salt is allowed to sediment for 1 hour, filtered, then dissolved in 1000 ml of water, the pH is adjusted to a value of 3.8 by the addition of hydrochloric acid, then the procedure of Example 13 is continued. Thus, 65.7 g (71.2%) of the title compound are obtained. The purity of the product corresponds to the quality requirements given in Eur. Pharm., 3, 1997, 1084.

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