Lorazepam ethanol → Lorazepam

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Lorazepam ethanol solvate (5 kg) was suspended in ethyl acetate (20 L). The suspension was heated to 60° C. for one hour with rapid stirring and then cooled to 15° C. The suspension was filtered to recover the lorazepam crystals. The crystals were then washed with ethyl acetate (2L) and dried at 50° C. under 65 mm Hg vacuum for two hours to give crystalline lorazepam (3.8 kg, 80%).

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