Sorbitol → HCID 178485001, compound

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474 parts of anhydrous sorbitol were melted in a stainless steel reactor equipped with agitation means and heated to a temperature of 105° C. The molten sorbitol was agitated at a speed of 100 r.p.m. to create a vortex and thereafter 25 parts of cimetidine (melting point 141°-143° C.) were added to the vortex slowly to avoid forming lumps. After complete addition, the melt was agitated for an additional 10 minutes. This melt was transferred to a Sigma blade mixer heated at 90° C. with hot water and agitated at 18 r.p.m. After 1 minute of mixing, 1% crystalline sorbitol seed fines (less than 325 mesh) were slowly added over the surface of the agitating melt to achieve a uniform dispersion of the seeds in the melt in order to initiate a rapid crystallization in the mixer. When the crystallizing mass achieved a dough-like consistency in the mixer, it was removed and placed on a tray, spread out and placed in an oven at 50° C. for 10 hours until it was fully crystallized. The crystalline mass was cooled and aggregates of the material were ground in a laboratory Waring blender (medium speed, 5 seconds), then screened to collect a -40/+100 mesh fraction.

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