The use of moxonidine salts for purification of moxonidine

摘要

The present invention provides crystalline Moxonidine salts e.g., mono-Moxonidine oxalate and mono-Moxonidine formate. Also provided by the present invention is a novel purification process of Moxonidine using these crystalline Moxonidine salts. By precipitating a Moxonidine salt from the reaction mixture and reacting it with a base, highly pure crystalline Moxonidine base is obtained in high yield.