Benzenamine, 3-ethynyl- → Erlotinib Hydrochloride

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4-Chloro-6,7-bis-(2-methoxyethoxy)-quinazoline (63 gm) and isopropyl alcohol (990 ml) are added to 3-ethynylaniline (23.6 gm) at 25-30° C. while stirred, the contents are heated to reflux and then refluxed for 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours. The reaction mass is cooled to 25-30° C. and stirred for 30 minutes. The material, is filtered, washed with chilled isopropyl alcohol (400 ml) followed by n-hexane (300 ml) and then the material is dried at 50-60° C. under vacuum for 6 hours to give 75 gm of crude erlotinib hydrochloride [HPLC purity: 97%; Content of N-methoxyethyl impurity: 0.24% (at 1.14 RRT)].

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