Process for the preparation of fluoxetine hydrochloride

US6677485B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED · IN

Inventors

• Naresh Kumar · Barwala, IN
• Bakthavathsalan Vijayaraghavan · Barwala, IN
• Kinali Venkata Ramana · Barwala, IN
• Swargam Sathyanarayana · Delhi, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 9, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Aug 9, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C213/06
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An improved and industrially advantageous process for the preparation of the antidepressant fluoxetine and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, preferably hydrochloride.