METHOD FOR SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF HYDROCODONE BY PREPARATIVE CHROMATOGRAPHY
A process for the purification of an impure preparation containing hydrocodone by means of a reverse phase preparative chromatography process is provided. In an illustrative embodiment a chromatographic column is loaded with a stationary phase, typically a silica particle having an organic ligand bound thereto. The impure preparation is acidified and passed through the column with a loading ratio of from about 10 to about 1000. The column is eluted, typically with an aqueous solution of acetonitrile, and the purified hydrocodone is obtained in a specified fraction.
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A METHOD OF PREPARATION OF 4,5α-EPOXY-6-OXOMORPHINAN DERIVATIVES
A method of preparation of 4,5α-epoxy-6-oxomorphinan derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, cyclobutylmethyl or benzyl, in which compounds of formula (II), wherein R1 and R2 are as defined with respect to compounds (I), are isomerized into compounds of formula (I) in the presence of a mixed catalyst containing at least two elements from the group of platinum metals. The method provides the product in high yield and with low contents of impurities.