摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates, in a first aspect, to a process preparing vilazodone hydrochloride that comprises the reaction of 3-(4-chloro-1-hydroxy-butyl)-1H-indol-5-carbonitrile with 5-piperazin-1-yl-benzofuran-2-carboxylate methyl hydrochloride with the formation of a 1,4 -piperazine, with subsequent dehydration, hydrogenation and treatment with ammonia, to obtain vilazodone in free base form that is then converted into the hydrochloride thereof.</p> |