Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid → Alendronic Acid

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A 500 ml cylindrical reactor equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a thermometer, a reflux condenser and a dropping funnel, was loaded with GABA (4.12 g, 0.04 mole), phosphorous acid (9.84 g, 0.12 mole), ortho-phosphoric acid (11.80 g, 0.12 mole), and toluene (50 ml). The suspension was heated to 90° C. and phosphorous oxychloride (11.2 ml, 0.12 mole) was added dropwise during 20 minutes. The reaction mixture was then heated to 95° C. for 20.5 hours. Water (50 ml) was added after cooling the reaction mixture to 80° C. The mixture was stirred vigorously till the solidified product dissolved completely. The toluene and the aqueous phases were separated and the aqueous phase was heated at 95° C. for 5.5 hours. The aqueous phase was cooled to 25° C. and absolute ethanol (50 ml) was added to precipitate the final product. The suspension was cooled to 5° C. for 1 hour. The white product was filtered, washed with absolute ethanol (2×20 ml) and dried at 65° C. for 5 hours to obtain 6.80 g (68%) of alendronic acid monohydtare.

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