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Patent No.:

US 7196216 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2002
Applicants:

Jagdish Chand Saigal, Maharashtra, IN;

Rajender Pershad Gupta, Maharashtra, IN;

Rajesh Vinodrai Naik, Maharashtra, IN;

Araddy Rajshekhar, Karnataka, IN;

Rajesh Dilip Joshi, Maharashtra, IN;

Inventors:

Jagdish Chand Saigal, Maharashtra, IN;

Rajender Pershad Gupta, Maharashtra, IN;

Rajesh Vinodrai Naik, Maharashtra, IN;

Araddy Rajshekhar, Karnataka, IN;

Rajesh Dilip Joshi, Maharashtra, IN;

Assignee:

Nicholas Piramal India Limited, Maharashtra, unknown;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 61/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A process for producing gabapentin, (1-(aminomethyl)-1-cyclohexaneacetic acid) from gabapentin hydrochloride salt. In the disclosed process, the gabapentin hydrochloride is converted to gabapentin using an inorganic base, such as barium hydroxide. Gabapentin hydrochloride is converted to gabapentin sulfate which in turn is converted to free base using barium hydroxide. The process is directed to improvement in the manufacture of gabapentin which would be industrially feasible and effective. Gabapentin obtained following the process of the invention is suitable as a drug especially in the treatment of cerebral diseases such as epilepsy.


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Saigal, Jagdish. (2007). Process for preparation of gabapentin (U.S. Patent No. 7196216). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7196216

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