Rufinamide has been obtained by several related ways: 1) Cyclization of 2,6-difluorobenzyl azide (I) with 2-propynoic acid (II) in hot toluene gives 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylic acid (III), which is treated with refluxing SOCl2 to yield the corresponding acyl chloride (IV). Finally, this compound is treated with aqueous concentrated NH4OH. 2) Cyclization of 2,6-difluorobenyzl azide (I) with 2-chloroacrylonitrile (V) in hot water or n-heptane gives 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile (VI), which is treated with NaOH in hot toluene/water. 3) Esterification of 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxylic acid (III) with methanol/H2SO4 gives the corresponding methyl ester (VII), which is treated with NH3 in hot methanol.