AN OBJECT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS TO PROVIDE PRASUGREL HYDROCHLORIDE WITH A REDUCED CONTENT OF CATP, AND THE LIKE. IN THE FORMULAE, R REPRESENTS A PROTECTING GROUP FOR A HYDROXYL GROUP. A METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRASUGREL HYDROCHLORIDE REPRESENTED BY THE ABOVE FORMULA IS PROVIDED, CHARACTERIZED BY COMPRISING, IN STEP (I), CONTROLLING, AT LOW VALUES, THE TEMPERATURE DURING THE ADDITION, OPTIONALLY DROPWISE, OF A CHLORINATING AGENT AND THE REACTION TEMPERATURE AFTER THE ADDITION, OPTIONALLY DROPWISE, OF THE CHLORINATING AGENT.