Abstract: Azithromycin in the form of a stable monohydrate and processes for the preparation of azithromycin in the form of an, e.g. stable, monohydrate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2001
Date of Patent:
March 9, 2004
Assignee:
Biochemie S.A.
Inventors:
Victor Centellas, Rafael Garcia, Marta Poch, José Diago, Johannes Ludescher, Immaculada Bosch
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of clarithromycin from an aqueous medium in anhydrous form and in the form of a hydrate.
Abstract: A process for the production of azithromycins by methylation of the nitrogen atom in position 9 of the ring structure in 9-deoxo-9a-aza-9a-homoerythromycins in the presence of formaldehyde and in the presence of a reducing agent in non-halogenated solvent; and azithromycin which is free from halogenated organic solvent in a stable anhydrous form; or in the form of a solvate with non-halogenated solvent with the exception of water.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 16, 2002
Assignee:
Biochemie S.A.
Inventors:
Immaculada Bosch, Victor Centellas, José Diago