Precipitation-induced asymmetric transformation of chiral alpha-amino acids and salts thereof
申请人:HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION
公开号:EP0499376A1
公开(公告)日:1992-08-19
The present invention provides a method for resolving a mixture of optically active isomers of an α-amino acid to obtain the preferred optically active isomer. The mixture of isomers is contacted with at least one chiral resolving agent in an organic acid, which is at least a partial solvent for the α-amino acid, and in the presence of a mineral acid, which is present in a quantity which does not protonate the NH₂ functionality of the α-amino acid to an extent that diastereomer interconversion is substantially prevented, and in the presence of a catalytic amount of an aromatic aldehyde. The contacting results in simultaneous resolution of a desired diastereomer and interconversion of the remaining undesired diastereomer, to provide a very high yield of the desired diastereomer having a very high optical purity.
本发明提供了一种解析α-氨基酸光学活性异构体混合物以获得优选光学活性异构体的方法。异构体混合物在有机酸中与至少一种手性分解剂接触,有机酸至少是 α- 氨基酸的部分溶剂,同时存在一种矿物酸,矿物酸的存在量不会使 α- 氨基酸的 NH₂ 官能质子化到基本上阻止非对映异构体相互转化的程度,同时存在催化量的芳香醛。接触过程中,所需的非对映异构体和剩余的非所需非对映异构体的相互转化同时进行,从而获得收率极高、光学纯度极高的所需非对映异构体。