Hydrochloric Acid → Tigecycline Hydrochloride

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50.0 mg Tigecycline (Tygacil® 50 mg, Wyeth®, powder for infusion) were dissolved in 500 μl ethylmethylketone and the solution was stirred at room temperature. After about one minute an orange precipitate appeared (essentially pure form Ill). Afterwards 8.4 mg (1 eq) concentrated hydrochloric acid were added and the suspension was stirred for approximately 3 hours. The solid was filtered off, washed with ethylmethylketone and dried under vacuum at room temperature to obtain 43.7 mg (82% yield) of crystalline form A of Tigecycline hydrochloride.

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