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New Procedure for Obtaining Indomethacin

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A new procedure has been developed for the synthesis of indomethacin by the Fischer reaction, based on the acylation of sodium 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-hydrazosulfonate with 4-chlorobenzoyl chloride and subsequent interaction with levulinic acid in the presence of formic acid.

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 530–532, April, 2005.

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Magedov, I.V., Maklakov, S.A. & Smushkevich, Y.I. New Procedure for Obtaining Indomethacin. Chem Heterocycl Compd 41, 449–451 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-005-0169-5

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