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Handbook of Solvents - George Wypych - ChemTech - Ventech!

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14.21.1 Use <strong>of</strong> solvents in manufacture <strong>of</strong> drugs 979<br />

14.21.1.2 Where are solvents used in the manufacture <strong>of</strong> pharmaceutical<br />

drugs?<br />

14.21.1.2.1 Intermediates <strong>of</strong> synthesis, DS and excipients<br />

14.21.1.2.1.1 General points<br />

Raw materials are now produced by the chemical industry and involve the use <strong>of</strong> solvents at<br />

different steps in their production. These materials are usually produced by:<br />

• chemical synthesis<br />

• an extraction process, a fermentation process<br />

• or a biotechnology process<br />

The goal <strong>of</strong> this chapter is, <strong>of</strong> course, not to deal with the criteria for selection in relationship<br />

to their use in particular chemical reactions or extraction processes but rather to<br />

stress that impurities present in solvents could have an impact on the purity <strong>of</strong> the substances<br />

obtained, on their stability and potentially on their safety. These three concepts are<br />

<strong>of</strong> paramount importance in the pharmaceutical field.<br />

A list <strong>of</strong> solvents which are commonly used in the chemical industry 5 is presented in<br />

Table 14.21.1.1.<br />

Table 14.21.1.1. <strong>Solvents</strong> commonly used in the chemical industry<br />

Alcohols<br />

Ethanol<br />

Butanol<br />

2-Ethylhexanol<br />

Isobutanol<br />

Isopropanol<br />

Methanol<br />

Propanol<br />

Propyleneglycol<br />

Amide<br />

Dimethylformamide<br />

Amine<br />

Pyridine<br />

Aliphatic hydrocarbons<br />

Cyclohexane<br />

Hexane<br />

Ketones<br />

Acetone<br />

Methyl ethyl ketone<br />

Methyl isobutyl ketone<br />

Methyl isopropyl ketone<br />

Mesityl oxide<br />

Ethers<br />

1.4-Dioxane<br />

Butyl ether<br />

Ethyl ether<br />

Diisopropyl ether<br />

Tetrahydr<strong>of</strong>uran<br />

Tert-butyl methyl ether (MTBE)<br />

Nitriles<br />

Acetonitrile<br />

Water<br />

Halogenated solvents<br />

Ethylene bromide<br />

Chlor<strong>of</strong>orm<br />

Ethylene chloride<br />

Dichloromethane<br />

Tetrachloroethylene<br />

Carbon tetrachloride<br />

Trichloroethylene<br />

Sulphur-containing<br />

Dimethylsulfoxide<br />

Aromatics hydrocarbons<br />

Toluene<br />

Xylene<br />

Esters<br />

Ethyl acetate<br />

It is generally relatively easy to know for pharmaceutical industry the nature <strong>of</strong> solvents<br />

to be looked for in a DS because it produces itself the active component or because it

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