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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vipin Kumar Kaushik, Hyderabad, IN;
Divvela Venkata Naga Srinivasa Rao, Hyderabad, IN;
Vijay Kumar Handa, Hyderabad, IN;
Meenakshisunderam Sivakumaran, Hyderabad, IN;
Assignee:
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Hyderabad, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an industrially advantageous method for the purification of Citalopram (Formula I) wherein desmethyl citalopram (Formula II), present in crude Citalopram as an impurity, is methylated to produce pure Citalopram. The resulting Citalopram product is isolated as the base or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof