13-cis-Acitretin → Acitretin

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Reaction Steps

Crude acetretin (10 g) was added to acetone (300 ml) and stirred at 25–30° C. for 1 hour under nitrogen atmosphere. The suspension was then filtered, washed with acetone (100 ml) and dried under vacuum at 25–30° C. to obtain pure acitretin (8 g, Assay 98.3% by HPLC).

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