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Abstract
A method for the optical resolution of carboxylic acids is described. Condensation of racemic carboxylic acids with chiral terminal propargyl alcohols gave separable diastereomeric esters. Chromatographic separation followed by heating the individual diastereomers in methanol with catalytic copper(I) halide regenerated the carboxylic acids in good yields and in enantiomeric ratios of ≥94%. This method is particularly useful for the resolution of carboxylic acids that are incompatible with conventional ester hydrolysis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21491889 PMCID: PMC3691273 DOI: 10.1021/jo200433w
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Org Chem ISSN: 0022-3263 Impact factor: 4.354