Hydrochloric Acid → Tolperisone Hydrochloride

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Reaction Steps

75 kg piperidine hydrochloride and 105 kg 4-methylpropiophenone are heated to 90° C. with 180 kg of 1,3-dioxolane and 12 kg of hydrochloric acid under a nitrogen atmosphere for 7 to 20 hours. With addition of 500 kg of ethyl acetate and 440 kg MTBE at a temperature in the range of (40-80° C.), a suspension of the product is produced. After that the solid is separated from the liquid as a damp product and then dried at 60-80° C. in the vacuum oven (200-500 mbar) over a period of 12-24 hours whereby 140 kg (81.5%) of colorless crystals are isolated.

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