Ammonium Chloride → Rufinamide

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1.9 ml (22.4 mmol) of oxalyl chloride were added drop wise, to a suspension of 5 g (20.9 mmol) of 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylic acid in 12.5 ml of anhydrous THF, at 20-25° C. and under nitrogen atmosphere. Once the addition of oxalyl chloride was completed, the mixture was stirred at 20-25° C. for 4 h. Afterwards, the resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum to dryness, in order to eliminate HCl and unreacted oxalyl chloride. The obtained residue was dissolved in ml of fresh anhydrous THF and treated with 4.0 g (75.2 mmol) of ammonium chloride and 5.26 g (62.7 mmol) of sodium bicarbonate over 16 h at 20-25° C. The resultant suspension was treated with 30 ml of water. The solid was filtrated and washed with 30 ml of a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and twice with 30 ml of water. The solid was dried in a vacuum drier at 50° C. to yield 2.78 g (55.8%) of 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxamide as Form R-5.

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