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HRID 534694Generated: October 27, 2026

Acetic Anhydride → Lacosamide

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetic AnhydrideHCID 7918—
ReactantPropionic anhydrideHCID 31263—
ReactantN-DescarboxyMethyl-N-carboxyethyl LacosaMide (IMpurity)HCID 67362298—
ProductLacosamideHCID 219078—

Reaction Steps

The present inventors also observed that commercially available acetic anhydride contained some percentage of propanoic anhydride. As a result, during the last acetylation step (figure I), (2R)-2-propanoylamino-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropionamide of Formula III (hereinafter referred as “Impurity-B”) is obtained as an impurity along with lacosamide.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08853453B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2014_10
ORD IDord-547efe3e769043cf99775ee30feb0730
Source noteuspto-grants-2014_10