| abstract |
The present invention relates to a "one pot" method for preparing moxifloxacin and its chlorhydrate salt, without need to isolate the intermediate compounds. n The new method allows the end product moxifloxacin to be obtained on a large scale with a good yield and in pure form by using a "one pot" method in which a smaller amount of bicyclic amine is used, this being an expensive reagent. Moreover, this method avoids and reduces the times and costs resulting from isolation of the intermediates, and substantially avoids obtaining the impurity produced by demethylation in 8-position of the ring. |