Trichloroethylene → HCID 23681230, compound

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Omeprazole (1300 g; 3.77 mol) was added under vigorous mechanical stirring to a mixture of tetrahydrofurane (13 L) and 50% aqueous NaOH (296 g, 3.7 mol) and stirring was continued for 45 min. Trichloroethylene (5.7 L) was added and stirring was continued over night at room temperature. The mixture was cooled to +5° C. and then stirred for 3 h. The precipitate was filtered off and the filter cake was washed with trichloroethylene (5 L) and dried under reduced pressure at 50° C. giving omeprazole sodium salt (1314 g, 95%), m.p. 208-210 ° C.

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