Hydrochloric Acid → Cytarabine Hydrochloride

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Reaction Steps

A 5 L, 3-neck flask equipped with an overhead stirrer and thermocouple was charged with cytarabine (500 g, 2.06 mol) and methanol (2.0 L). The suspension was cooled to 2° C. HCl gas was bubbled in, giving a very thick mixture and an exotherm to 25° C. The suspension was diluted with methanol (0.5 L) to facilitate stirring. A total of 108 g (2.96 mol) of HCl gas was added. The mixture was stirred for 4 hours at 20° C. then filtered to collect the solid. The solid was washed with MTBE (3×250 mL) and dried in a vacuum oven at 70° C. to give 555 g (96% yield) of cytarabine hydrochloride as a flocculent, white solid.

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