Chloroacetic Acid → Oxcarbazepine

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Reaction Conditions

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A mixture of 100 gms of 10-methoxyiminostilbene in 1000 mL of toluene containing 106 gms of monochloro-acetic acid and 73 gms of sodium cyanate were heated to 40° C. under stirring and maintained for 4 hours. After completion of the reaction (monitored by HPLC and/or TLC), the mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered and washed with 5% sodium carbonate solution followed by water. The toluene layer was then added to 1000 mL of 2N hydrochloric acid, and the mixture was heated to 75-80° C. and maintained for 2 hours under good agitation. It was then cooled to 0-5° C. and maintained for 2 hours, and the product oxcarbazepine was separated by filtration. This was then purified twice in toluene:methanol followed by methanol:dichloromethane solvent mixture to furnish 28 gms of pure oxcarbazepine.

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