Methanol → Sunitinib

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According to the process of the present invention, 5-Formyl-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid (2-diethylaminoethyl)-amide (IX) and 5-Fluoro-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one (X) in alcoholic solvents like methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol or n-butanol are reacted in presence of catalytic amount of pyrrolidine as base at reflux temperature for 2-8 hours. The resultant Sunitinib base is again triturated with the same solvent at reflux temperature for 1-2 hours and isolated at a temperature ranging from 20-45° C., preferably at 25-35° and most preferably at 25-30° C. and dried at 60° C. for 5-20 hours to get Sunitinib base (I) as orange crystalline solid. This synthetic procedure for the manufacture of Sunitinib base is adopted from WO 01/60814.

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