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Abstract
Myristyl-γ-picolinium chloride (MGPC) is an alkyl pyridine quaternary ammonium salt and a popular preservative in injectables such as Depo-Medrol (Methylprednisolone acetate). Herein we describe a successful high-p,T,c chemical intensification of MGPC synthesis from neat myristyl chloride and γ-picoline in continuous flow. The process is atom economical, scalable with low reactor footprint and under optimized conditions, consistently affords MGPC in 45 min (instead of 8–12 h reported in literature for a conventional batch process) with excellent yield (> 90%) and purity (> 99%).
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The main focus of the journal is flow chemistry in inorganic, organic, analytical and process chemistry in the academic research as well as in applied research and development in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, fine-chemical, petro- chemical, fragrance industry.