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With potassium hydroxide; In water; at 50℃;pH 11.0;
Commercially obtained chlorhexidine (C22H30N10Cl2), obtained commercially, was reacted with sodium hydroxide to form chlorhexidine hydrate. Approximately 100 g of a starting material <strong>[56-95-1]chlorhexidine diacetate</strong> was dissolved in 1300 ml of warm deionized water at approximately 50 C. 6 M potassium hydroxide (KOH) was added drop-wise with stirring. A precipitate formed immediately and continued to form upon addition of base until the solution reached a pH of 11. The precipitate was filtered and washed six times with warm, 50 C., deionized water, and then dried in an oven at 60 C. to produce approximately 78 g of chlorhexidine hydrate.The chlorhexidine hydrate has a theoretical formulation of C22H30N10Cl2.nH2O. In multiple production runs, the chlorhexidine hydrate product was determined to have an actual degree of hydration (n) of about 1.4.