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• This invention relates to a c-rystallization process to obtain losartan Potassium
• Losartan Potassium is also known as 2-n-butyl-4-chloro-5-hydroxymethyl-1- [ [2'- (2H-tetrazole-5-yl) biphenyl-4-yi] methyl] imidazole potassium salt and is useful in the treatment of hypertension.
• Losartan is known to inhibit the action of octapeptide hormone angiotensin II and Is useful therefore in alleviating angiotensin induced hypertension. Further, it has been reported that losartan when administered with a diuretic such as furosemide or hydrochlorot ⁇ iazide exhibits an enhanced anti-hypertensive effect. Administration of losartan with a non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drug can prevent renal failure.
• Losartan is known to exhibit polymorphphism (Ref: US Patent 5,608,075).
• Two polymorphic forms of Losartan Potassium, Form I and Form II have been reported in US Patent 5,608,075 alongwith their methods of preparation. Characterization of these two polymorphic forms has been described through applications of X-ray powder diffraction pattern, DSC thermograms, FTIR spectra, Raman spectra and solid state 13 C NMR.
• Polymo ⁇ h Form I has been prepared in US Patent 5,608,075 by adding an aqueous solution of Losartan Potassium to a refluxing mixture of isopropanol/cyclohexene and removing water by distilling cyclohexe ⁇ e isopropanol/water ternary azeotrope at 64° C. Losartan Potassium Form I crystallizes out at 69° C.
• Losartan Potassium has been achieved from a mixture of isopiopanol and cyclohexene and this crystalline material has been characterized as polymo ⁇ h Form I.
• Crystallization process described in WO 98/18787 requires adequate precision to consistently obtain po'ymo ⁇ h Form I and mixture of solvents, cyclohexene and isopropanol is difficult to separate.
• the inventors have su ⁇ risingly discovered that Losartan Potassium polymo ⁇ h Form I can be prepared in one pot by reacting triphenylmethyl protected Losartan with Potassium hydroxide in methanoi/acetone without isolating the free Losartan acid and requires no seeding.
• This invention relates to the process to manufacture Losartan Potassium Form I without use of isopropanol/cyclohexene solvent mixture.
• Losartan free acid is suspended in a solvent and potassium hydroxide is added to obtain a clear solution, which is then concentrated under reduced pressure to remove most of the solvent.
• An anti-solvent is added to crystallize Losartan Potassium.
• the solvents to prepare Losartan Potassium include methanol, ethanol, butanol but preferably the salt formation is carried out in methanol.
• Anti-solvent is selected from common solvents such ethyl acetate, acetonitrile, toluene and acetone but the preferred anti-solvent is acetone.
• Losartan free acid or triphenylmethyl protected Losartan may be prepared using the reactions and techniques described in US Patent 5,138,069 and WO 93/10106.
• Trityl Losartan 2-n-buty -chloro-5-hydroxymethyl-1- [ [2'- [ (2-triphenylmethyl) tetrazole-5-yl] biphenyl-4-yl] methyl] imidazole (herein referred as Trityl Losartan), a key intermediate
• Losartan Potassium hydroxide in an alcohol, preferably methanol, to perform deprotection and generate in situ Losartan Potassium which is then isolated in dessred polymo ⁇ h Form I by distilling methanol and adding an anti-solvent such as acetonitrile, toluene, ethyl acetate and preferably acetone. Both the reaction and the crystallization may be effected in the same reaction vessel, and no expensive separation techniques, such as extraction or isolation of Losartan free acid are necessary. Such a process of obtaining Losartan Potassium polymo ⁇ h Form I directly from Trityl losartan is not reported hitherto in literature and hence constitutes an object of the present invention.
• the described preparation is done essentially under anhydrous condition and thus avoids elaborate azeotropic distillation for water removal.
• the desired polymo ⁇ h Form I Losartan Potassium is obtained directly, that is, without having to isolate the free Losartan acid, which results in increased efficiency and contributes to the lower production cost.
• trityl losartan is dissolved in 6-8 times by volume in methanol and equimolar quantity of potassium hydroxide is added. The resulting mixture is refluxed for a few hours till disappearance of trityl losartan is observed.
• Tritanol is recovered by filtration and methanol is distilled under reduced pressure. Acetone is added to the residue and distillation is continued to remove last traces of methanol.
• Losartan Potassium is obtained as a free flowing slurry in acetone that is ffiilltteerreedd aanndd ddrriieedd..
• TThhee ddiiffffeerreennttiiaall ssccaannnniinngg ccaalloorudimetric analysis and X-ray powder diffraction pattern confirm this to be polymo ⁇ hic modification I
• Residue was diluted with 25 ml. acetone and contents cooled to 20-25° C for 10 min and product filtered under nitrogen atmosphere and washed with 5 ml. acetone. Product was dried 55-60° C under reduced pressure to yield 4.88 g. (89.5% of theory) Losartan Potassium Form I (DSC, XRPD).
• Losartan Potassium Form I was prepared from Losartan acid in methanol as described in Example 2 and ethyl acetate was used in place of acetone. Yield: 4.95 g. (91% of theory).
• Losartan Potassium Form I was prepared from Losartan acid following the procedure described in Example 2 and acetonitrile was added as anti-solvent to isolate the product. Yield: 4.8 g. (88% of theory).
• Example 6
• Losartan Potassium was prepared by reacting Losartan acid in n-butanol with potassium hydroxide as described in Example 6 and the product was isolated as polymo ⁇ h Form I by addition of ethyl acetate as anti-solvent in place of acetone. Yield: 4.85 g. (89% of theory).
• Losartan Potassium was prepared in n-butanol as given in Example 6 and Form I of Losartan Potassium was isolated with toluene. Yield: 4.9 g. (90% of theory).
• Losartan Potassium was prepared in n-butanol as described in Example 6 and Form I was obtained by adding acetonitrile. Yield: 4.8 g. (88% of theory).

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