- PROCESS FOR OBTAINING LEVOFLOXACIN FREE FROM SALTS
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This invention relates to a process for obtaining levofloxacin free from salts. In this process the starting product used is the compound (V), alkaline hydrolysis of which within a water-(C1-C4)alcohol mixture, and subsequent neutralisation and separation of the salts, leads to levofloxacin free from salts. One characteristic of the process described is that no extractions are necessary in the final step of the process.
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(2008/06/13)
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- Methods for the purification of levofloxacin
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Levofloxacin has been purified by dissolving levofloxacin in a polar solvent at an elevated temperature and crystallizing purified levofloxacin. Preferably, an antioxidant is added to increase the purity.
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- Preparation of levofloxacin and forms thereof
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Levofloxacin was prepared by reacting (S)-(?)-9,10-difluoro-3-methyl-7-oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-pyrido[1,2,3-de][1,4]benzoxazine-6-carboxylic acid with N-methyl piperazine in a polar solvent or in a neat mixture to form levofloxacin. Further processing of the levofloxacin produced novel levofloxacin forms, including a hemihydrate and Forms A, B, C, F, G and H.
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