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Process for the preparation of a leukotriene antagonist and intermediates thereof
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It comprises a preparation process of Montelukast from an intermediate compound of formula (V), which is previously prepared by reaction of the corresponding sulfonate with 1-(mercaptomethyl)cyclopropyl)methanol. Compound (V) is reacted with a Grignard reactant to convert the ester group into a tertiary alcohol, followed by conversion of the primary alcohol into a sulfonate, substitution of the sulfonate group by a cyano group, and finally transforming the cyano compound to the carboxilic acid compound by a hydrolysis reaction to afford Montelukast. Montelukast can also be prepared by a hydrolysis reaction of the corresponding amide. It also comprises intermediate compounds useful in such preparation process.
