PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL

摘要

There was provided a process for preparing candesartan cilexetil, the said process comprises hydrogenating a solution of trityl candesartan cilexetil in an alcohol with hydrogen in the presence of a palladium catalyst. Mixture of toluene and methanol was added to 1-(Cyclohexyloxy carbonyloxy)ethyl-2-ethoxy-1-[[2'-(N-triphenylmethyltetrazole-5-yl)biphenyl-4-yl] methyl]benzimidazole-7-carboxylate and hydrogenated at room temperature with hydrogen at atmospheric pressure in the presence of palladium on carbon until the hydrogen uptake was ceased. Filtered over celite bed, washed the bed with a mixture of toluene and methanol, filtrate was collected and concentrated. Co- distilled with acetonitrile, acetonitrile was added, stirred at room temperature, cooled to 0°C. stirred, filtered, washed with chilled acetonitrile and dried to get candesartan cilexetil.