摘要:
An inner salt of L-carnitine is prepared by reduction, with a suitable reducing agent, of a compound of formula (I): 1 where X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, phenoxy, halogen, or X1 and X2, when taken together are an oxygen atom and the resulting compound is a derivative of succinic anhydride; Y is halogen, a mesyloxy or a tosyloxy group, and subsequent treatment with water, then with a base and then with trimethylamine.