The present invention provides highly pure repaglinide substantially free of dimer impurity, and process for the preparation thereof. The present invention also relates to 2-ethoxy-N-[(1S)-3-methyl-1-[2-(1-piperidinyl)phenyl]butyl]-4-[2-[[(1S)-3-methyl-1-[2-(1-piperidinyl)phenyl]butyl]amino]-2-oxoethyl]benzamide, an impurity of repaglinide, and a process for preparing and isolating thereof. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising solid particles of pure repaglinide substantially free of dimer impurity or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein 90 volume-percent of the particles (D
90
) have a size of less than about 400 microns. The present invention also provides an optical resolution method of racemic 3-methyl-1-(2-piperidino-phenyl)-1-butylamine and use thereof for the preparation of repaglinide.
本发明提供了高度纯净的雷帕格林酯,基本上没有二聚体杂质,并提供其制备方法。本发明还涉及雷帕格林酯的杂质2-乙氧基-N-[(1S)-3-甲基-1-[2-(1-
哌啶基)苯基]丁基]-4-[2-[[(1S)-3-甲基-1-[2-(1-
哌啶基)苯基]丁基]
氨基]-2-氧代乙基]苯甲酰胺,以及其制备和分离的方法。本发明还涉及包含基本上没有二聚体杂质或其药学上可接受的盐的纯雷帕格林酯固体颗粒的制药组合物,其中90体积百分比的颗粒(D90)大小小于约400微米。本发明还提供了拆分外消旋3-甲基-1-(2-
哌啶基)苯基-
1-丁胺的光学分辨方法及其用于制备雷帕格林酯的用途。