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Ondansetron base (2.5 g, 8.5*10-3 mole) was dissolved in 87.5 ml of chloroform at room temperature. Then 1.1 eq of HCl gas was bubbled into the solution over 20 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 30 min. The solid was filtered under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give 2.5 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. |
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Ondansetron base (400 mg, 1.36*10-3 mole) was suspended in 40 ml of absolute ethanol at room temperature. The suspension was heated to reflux to dissolve the ondansetron. After 20 min. of stirring at reflux, an ethanolic solution containing 1.5 equivalents of HCl was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for an additional 10 min and then cooled slowly to 0 C. After stirring at 0 C. for 1 hour, the solid was filtered under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give 320 mg of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. KF=8.1%. |
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Ondansetron base (400 mg, 1.36*10-3 mole) was suspended in 20 ml of absolute ethanol at room temperature. The suspension was heated to reflux to dissolve the ondansetron. After 20 min. of stirring at reflux, a solution containing 1.1 equivalents of HCl in isopropanol was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at this temperature for an additional 10 min and then cooled slowly to 0 C. After stirring at 0 C. for 1 hour, the solid was filtered under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give 290 mg of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. KF=9.5%. |
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Ondansetron base g (5 g, 17.06*10-3 mole) was dissolved in 175 ml of chloroform at room temperature. Then HCl gas was bubbled at room temperature for 15 min. 0.6 equivalent of H2O was added slowly to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 3 hrs. Then, the solid was filtered under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give 6.3 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. KF=8.4%. |
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Ondansetron base (5 g, 17.06*10-3 mole) was suspended in a mixture of H2O/CHCl3 (140/20 v/v) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux temperature and then 1.1 eq. of 1 N aqueous HCl was added by syringe pump at 1 ml/min. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. and then slowly cooled to 5 C. The partial precipitation that was obtained during cooling was filtered (1.7 g) under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give a white solid. The mother liquor was left overnight at room temperature to give an extra precipitate (1.7 g) that was filtered and dried under vacuum. Both fractions gave ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. |
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Ondansetron base (2.5 g, 8.5*10-3 mole) was dissolved in 80 ml of chloroform at room temperature. Then 1.1 eq of HCl gas was bubbled into the solution over 20 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for an additional 30 min. The solid was filtered under vacuum and dried under vacuum at 50 C. to give 2.8 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A. KF=5.4%. |
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Ondansetron base (5 g) (17.0*10-3 mole) was suspended in 250 ml of absolute ethanol, EtOH. Then, an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.5 eq) was added. The reaction mixture was warmed (45 C.) to get a clear solution. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and then dry ether was added (430 ml) to precipitate a solid. The precipitate was filtered under vacuum and dried in oven 65 C. for 24 hours to give 3.16 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B anhydrous. KF=1.7%. |
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Ondansetron base (2.0 g, 6.8*10-3 mole) was suspended in MEK (220 ml) for 30 minute until a complete dissolution occurred. Then HCl gas was bubbled until the solution reached pH=1. The reaction mixture was refluxed for an additional 1 hour, cooled to at room temperature, filtered under vacuum and dried at 65 C. for 20 hrs. The white solid obtained was slurried in absolute ethanol (70 ml) at room temperature for 22 hours, using CaCl2 tube. The reaction mixture was then filtered under vacuum and dried at 65 C. for 20 hrs to give 1.9 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B anhydrous. |
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Ondansetron base (5 g) (17.0*10-3 mole) was suspended in 250 ml of absolute ethanol. Then, an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.5 eq) was added. The ethanolic solution was prepared by bubbling HCl gas into absolute ethanol under dry conditions. The reaction mixture was warmed (45 C.) to get a clear solution, and a hot filtration of the clear solution was done. To this filtrate was added, at room temperature, dry ether (430 ml) to precipitate a solid. The precipitate was filtered under vacuum and dried in oven 65 C. for 18 hours to give 3.16 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B anhydrous. KF=1.0% |
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Ondansetron base (3 g) (10.*2 10-3 mole) was suspended in MEK (330 ml) for 15 minutes until a complete dissolution occurred. Then an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.5 eq) was added. The reaction mixture was refluxed for an additional 30 minutes, cooled to at room temperature, filtered under vacuum and dried at 65 C. for 20 hrs. The white solid obtained was then slurried in 105 ml of a mixture EtOH abs/IPA (65/40 ml) at room temperature for 22 hours, using CaCl2 tube. Then the reaction mixture was filtered under vacuum and dried at 65 C. for 20 hrs to give 3.16 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B anhydrous. |
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Ondansetron base (10 g, 34.1 mmol, 1 eq.), 250 ml absolute ethanol and 8.4 ml of 23.3% HCl in ethanol (51.2 mmol, 1.5 eq.) were added to a 500 ml round bottle flask equipped with a calcium chloride tube and a mechanical stirrer. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 66 hours. The solid was then filtered, washed with absolute ethanol (2*20 ml) and dried at 65 C. for 20 hours to obtain 8.7 g (77%) of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B, KF=0.66%. |
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Ondansetron base (10 g. 34.1 mmol, 1 eq.), 250 ml absolute ethanol and 8.4 ml of 23.3% HCl in ethanol (51.2 mmol, 1.5 eq.) were added to a 500 ml round bottle flask equipped with a calcium chloride tube, a mechanical stirrer and a condenser. The mixture was heated to reflux to obtain a clear solution for about 30 min. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature during which time a precipitation was formed. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 45 hours. The solid was then filtered, washed with absolute ethanol (2*20 ml) and dried at 65 C. for 20 hours to obtain 8.5 g (76%) of ondansetron hydrochloride Form B, KF=0.34%. |
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Ondansetron hydrochloride Form A dihydrate (5 g) in absolute EtOH/toluene (45 ml/20 ml) was heated to reflux temperature for a few hours. After stirring at room temperature overnight, the solid was filtered under vacuum and dried in a vacuum oven at 50 C. for 16 hours to give 4.0 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A; KF =7.8%. Example 24 Ondansetron hydrochloride dihydrate Form A (2.1 g) in a mixture of EtOH/toluene (45 ml/20 ml) were heated to reflux temperature. Then 25 ml of the solvent was distilled off at atmospheric pressure. The reaction mixture was then allowed to cool to 10 C. over 3 hrs. The white precipitate was filtered under vacuum and dried in a vacuum oven at 50 C. for 5 hrs. to give 1.4 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form A; KF =8.8% |
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Preparation of Ondansetron Hydrochloride Form C Example 33 Ondansetron base (1.5 g, 5.11*10-3 mole) was dissolved in absolute ethanol(150 ml) freshly distilled at reflux temperature. Then an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.1 eq) was added at reflux. The reaction mixture was stirred for 20 minutes and allowed to cool slowly to room temperature. A very thick precipitate appeared at room temperature. The mixture was then filtered under vacuum to give 536 mg of a white solid. The ethanolic phase was evaporated under reduced pressure to give 824 mg of ondansetron hydrochloride Form C. KF=9.9% |
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Ondansetron base (5 g) (17.0*10-3 mole) was suspended in absolute ethanol (150 ml) freshly distilled with 10 g of 4A molecular sieves. The reaction mixture was heated to 80 C. until the complete dissolution of the starting material. Then an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.5 eq) was added dropwise at this temperature and the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. The mixture was allowed to cool slowly to room temperature and then to 0 C. to complete the precipitation. The solid mixture was then filtered under vacuum, washed 3 times with IPA (3*10 ml) to give 3.07 g of a white solid. The ethanolic phase was left at 4 C. overnight and then the precipitate was filtered under reduced pressure to give 600 mg of a solid. The mother liquor of this fraction was then evaporated under reduced pressure to give 1 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form C. KF=9.9% |
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The resulting solid was stirred in absolute EtOH for 30 minutes at -10 C. and then gravity filtered. The solid was dried in oven at 65 C. for 18 hours to afford 1.31 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form D. KF=3.84% |
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Preparation of Ondansetron Hydrochloride Form E Example 36 Ondansetron hydrochloride Form A (5 g, 13.6*10-3 mole) was slurried in IPA (70 ml), at room temperature overnight. The white solid was then filtered under vacuum and dried in an oven 65 C. for 24 hours to afford 4.9 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form E as a white solid. KF=1.8%. |
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Ondansetron hydrochloride Form A (5 g, 13.6*10-3 mole) was slurried in IPA (40 ml) at reflux temperature overnight. The white solid was filtered under vacuum and dried in oven at 65 C. for 24 hours to afford 5 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form E as a white solid. KF=2.1%. |
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Preparation of Ondansetron Hydrochloride Form H Example 38 Ondansetron base (5 g) (17.0*10-3 mole) was suspended in 250 ml of absolute EtOH. Then, an ethanolic solution of HCl (1.5 eq) was added. The reaction mixture was warmed (45 C.) until a clear solution was obtained, and a hot filtration of the clear solution was done. To this filtrate was added tert-butyl methyl ether (200 ml) to deposit a solid. Then the precipitate was filtered under vacuum and dried in oven at 65 C. for 24 hours to give 0.4 g of ondansetron hydrochloride Form H. KF=1.7%. |
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The solid that crystallized was filtered off, washed with ice-cold, dry dimethylformamide (3*2 ml) and dry ether (2*10 ml) and then dried. The resulting solid (0.60 g) was suspended in a mixture of absolute ethanol (30 ml) and ethanolic hydrogen chloride (1 ml), and warmed gently to obtain a solution, which was filtered whilst warm. The filtrate was then diluted with dry ether to deposit a solid (0.6 g) which was recrystallized from absolute ethanol to give the title compound as a solid (0.27 g) m.p. 186-187. Analysis--Found: C,61.9;H,6.4;N,11.8. C18 H19 N3 O.HCl.H2 O requires C,62.3;H,6.1;N,12.1%. |