Sodium Iodide → Ziprasidone

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To a 125 mL round bottom flask equipped with an N2 inlet and condenser are added 0.73 g (3.2 mmol) 5-(2-chloroethyl)-6-chloro-oxindole, 0.70 g (3.2 mmol) N-(1,2-benzisothiazol-3-yl)piperazine, 0.68 g (6.4 mmol) sodium carbonate, 2 mg sodium iodide, and 30 mL methylisobutyl ketone. The reaction is refluxed for 40 hours, cooled, filtered, and evaporated. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel, eluting the by-products with ethyl acetate (1 L) and the product with 4% methanol in ethyl acetate (1.5 L). The product fractions (Rf=0.2 in 5% methanol in ethyl acetate) are evaporated, taken up in methylene chloride, and precipitated by addition of ether saturated with HCl; the solid is filtered and washed with ether, dried, and washed with acetone. The latter is done by slurrying the solid with acetone and filtering. Ziprasidone is obtained as a high melting, non-hygroscopic solid product having an expected melting point of 288° C. to 288.5° C.

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