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A more efficient process for preparing clinical-grade sildenafil has been described: The reaction of 2-ethoxybenzoic acid (I) with SOCl2 and ClSO3H gives 5-(chlorosulfonyl)-2-ethoxybenzoic acid (II), which is condensed with 1-methylpiperazine (III) by means of triethylamine in water yielding 2-ethoxy-5-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylsulfonyl)benzoic acid (IV). The condensation of (IV) with 4-amino-1-methyl-3-propylpyrazole-5-carboxamide (V), obtained by reduction of the corresponding 4-nitro compound (VI) with H2 over Pd/C in ethyl acetate, by means of carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) in refluxing ethyl acetate affords the corresponding amide (VII), which is finally cyclized by means of potassium tert-butoxide in refluxing tert-butanol. Other cyclizing agents such as KOH, KHCO3, BaO, sodium ethoxide, sodium tert-butoxide, NaH, NaNH2, sodium decyloxide, sodium cyclohexylamide, sodium 4-methylpiperazide, Cs2CO3, magnesium ethoxide, barium ethoxide, cupric ethoxide, aluminum tert-butoxide, titanium ethoxide, lithium diisopropylamide, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU), KF or several Lewis acids, as well as other solvents such as methanol, ethanol, tert-amyl alcohol, 1-methylcyclohexanol, THF, 1,4-dioxan, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 3,7-dimethyloctan-3-ol, DMSO, pyridine, acetonitrile, or methyl isobutyl ketone have also been used; the reaction temperature is normally 100 C.