EFFICIENT SCALABLE APPROACH FOR CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE THROUGH PREFERENTIAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF(±)-2-(2-CHLOROPHENYL)-(6,7-DIHYDRO-4HTHIENO[ 3,2,C]PYRIDINE-5-YL-ACETAMIDE.
M. M. V. Ramana* and Rajesh K. Rao.
Abstract
The present work deals with the efficient synthesis of Clopidogrel
Bisulfate (Generic name : Plavix by Sanofi) through resolution of an
important precursor (±) -2-(2-chlorophenyl)-(6,7-dihydro-4Hthieno[
3,2,c]pyridine-5-yl-acetamide by preferential crystallization.
This compound was synthesized in its racemic form as per the known
process and was resolved by preferential crystallization. These efforts
led to a successful isolation of enantiomerically pure isomers of (±)-2-
(2-chlorophenyl)-(6,7-dihydro-4H-thieno[3,2,c]pyridine-5-ylacetamide.
Keywords: Clopidogrel Bisulfate, Preferential Crystallization, Racemic compound, Conglomerate, Racemization.
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