Studies on synthesis of antidiabetic drug troglitazone[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 2000,(3):256-258. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2000.03.012.
Objective This paper reported the studies on synthesis of troglitazone. Methods The three steps (esterification
etherization and reduction) were changed for the first two steps (reduction and selected etherization). Results The two new compounds Ⅱ and Ⅲ were obtained
and these were obtained without column chromatography in all reactions. Conclusion The experimental results showed that the yield(98%) of etherization was 10% more than that reported in the literature. The total yield is about 17%.