Ethylene Glycol → Bupivacaine (USAN:INN:BAN)

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A mixture of (S)-bupivacaine (>99% ee, 1.5 g mmol), ethylene glycol (13.5 ml) and water (1.5 ml) was heated at 138° C. for 9 hours. On cooling to ambient temperature crystallisation of a solid occurred. The solid was filtered to give a quantitative yield of bupivacaine which was shown by chiral HPLC analysis to be a 52:48 mixture of (S)-bupivacaine and (R)-bupivacaine.

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