Potassium Iodide → Ritanserin

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A mixture of 3.8 parts of 6-(2-chloroethyl)-7-methyl-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-one, 3.5 parts of 4-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methylene]piperidine, 10 parts of sodium carbonate, 0.1 parts of potassium iodide and 240 parts of 4-methyl-2-pentanone was stirred and refluxed for 20 hours using a water-separator. The reaction mixture was filtered hot and the filtrate was evaporated. The residue was purified by column-chromatography over silica gel using a mixture of trichloromethane and methanol (95:5 by volume) as eluent. The pure fractions were collected and the eluent was evaporated. The residue was crystallized from acetonitrile, yielding 2.8 parts of 6-[2-[4-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methylene]-1-piperidinyl]ethyl]-7-methyl-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-one; mp. 145.5° C. (compound 1).

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