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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1995
Deepak R Patil, Orangeburg, SC (US);
Venkataraman Ramachandran, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Albemarle Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A process for the separation of a racemic mixture of certain aliphatic carboxylic acids or esters thereof is disclosed. The process comprises i) forming a diastereomeric salt by reaction comprising said racemic mixture of a C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 linear or branched aliphatic carboxylic acid and an amount of a chiral organic base sufficient to react with one of the enantiomers of the racemic mixture; ii) precipitating from the reaction solution formed in step i) the diastereomeric salt; iii) separating said precipitated diastereomeric salt; iv) decomposing the salt into its enantiomeric component and its organic base component; and v) isolating a substantially pure enantiomer from said decomposed salt.