Hydrochloric Acid → Telmisartan Hydrochloride

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Reaction Steps

10 g of telmisartan are suspended in 70 ml of methanol in a round-bottom flask equipped with magnetic stirrer, condenser and under nitrogen atmosphere. The solution is added with 2.0 ml of a 37% HCl aqueous solution and the mixture is heated under reflux, then cooled to room temperature. The resulting precipitate is filtered and dried under vacuum at 55° C. to obtain 7.5 g of telmisartan hydrochloride.

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