Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry

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Synthesis of the Twin Drug of Ibuprofen and Paracetamol

JIN Chao1, FU Hualin1,2*, ZHANG Wei1, ZHANG Yanli1, CAO Hang1, ZHOU Tao1, LU Chaocheng1, LIU Mengjiao1, ZHOU Jianyu1   

  1. (1.Department of Pharmacy;2.Key Laboratory of Animal Disease and Human Health of Sichuan Province,
    College of Veterinary Medicine,Sichuan Agricultural University,Ya′an 625014,China)
  • Received:2013-08-27 Revised:2013-12-28 Published:2014-07-10 Online:2014-07-10
  • Contact: FU

Abstract: The twin drug(PHI) was synthesized by coupling ibuprofen(IPF) and paracetamol(PCM) using dicyclohexylcarbodiimide(DCC) as dehydrating agent, 4-dimethylaminopyridine(DMAP) as catalyst, and anhydrous acetone and ethyl acetate as reaction solvents. PHI was purified by recrystallization and its structure was confirmed by IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The effect of catalyst, dehydrating agent, reaction time, feed ratio and reaction solvents on the yield of the product was investigated. The reaction conditions were optimized by the orthogonal test. The optimized reaction conditions are:the molar ratio of raw materials is n(PCM)∶(IPF)=1∶1.5, the optimal amount of DMAP is 10% mass fraction of ibuprofen; the volume of solvent is 70 mL(the volume ratio of ethyl acetate and acetone is 1∶1) and the reaction time is 8 h. Under the optimized conditions, the yield of target is 66.5%.

Key words: Ibuprofen, paracetamol, twin drug, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide/dimethylaminopyridine

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