Abstract An impurity was isolated from crude synthesized roflumilast and characterized by 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, and HR-MS, which confirmed the structure as N-(3, 5-dichloropyrid-4-yl)- 4-difluoromethoxy-3-hydroxybenzamide. To further verify the structure, this compound was synthesized from 4-difluoromethoxy-3-hydroxybenzaldehyde. Comparison of the 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, HR-MS, and the HPLC spectrum of the impurity and the authentic sample ...