Benzoic Acid → Oxcarbazepine

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 100 gms of 10-methoxyiminostilbene in 2000 mL of toluene containing 274 gms of benzoic acid and 370 gms of sodium cyanate were heated to reflux temperature under stirring and maintained for 12 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and filtered. The clear toluene filtrate was 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 at 75-90° C. for a period of 2 hours under good agitation. It was then cooled to 0-5° C., maintained for 2 hours and the product oxcarbazepine was separated by filtration. This was then purified once in a dichloromethane:methanol mixture to furnish 46 gms of pure oxcarbazepine. Purity was determined by HPLC to be 99.45%.

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