IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF RANOLAZINE

摘要

The present invention provides an improved process for the preparation of ranolazine of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, by reacting 2,6-dimethylaniline derivative with chloroacetyl chloride in the presence of base in water and resulting amide intermediate is reacted with piperazine and the resulting piperazinc derivative is further condensed with an appropriate oxirane derivative ( prepared by the reaction of 2-methoxyphenol with epichlorohydrin in the presence of base using phase transfer catalyst) in an inert solvent, and highly pure ranolazine is isolated and converted to its acid salts using excess of mineral acid.