AND THE CINCHONNE SALTS THEREOF. THESE COMPOUNDS ARE MADE BY REACTING CHINCHONINE WITH D- AND OR L-N-BENZOYL-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE AND THEN CRYSTALLIZING THE SALT FROM MIXTURES OF WATER WITH LOWER KETONES,LOWER ALKANOLS LOWER ETHERS OR MIXTAURES THEREOF IN ORDER TO SEPARATE AND RESOLVE THE OPTICAL ISOMERS. THESE SALTS ARE CLEAVED TO THE OPTICALLY PURE- OR L-N-BENZOYL-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE WHICH IS ITSELF CLEAVED TO 3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANIME.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING L-N-BENZOYL-3,4-DHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE BY RESOLVING A MIXED DL-N-BENZOYL-3,4-DIDHYDROXYPHENYL-ALANINE; RECOVERING THE L-ISOMER; REACTING THE D-ISOMER WITH ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; PRECIPITATING THE ACETOXY DERIVATIVE THUS FORMED; HUDROLYZING THE ACRTOXY DERIVATIVE WITH ALKALI METAL TO FORM RACEMIC DL-N-BENZOLY-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; RESOLVING THE RACEMATE; RECOVERING THE LISOMER; AND RECYCLING THE D-ISOMER.
Abstract:
A METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF A-AZIDOPHEYLACETIC BY CONTACTING DL-A-AZIDOPHENYLACETIC WITH AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF A-PHENYLETHYLAMINE, RECOVERING A DIASTEREOMERIC SALT THEREOF AND CRYSTALLIZING OUT OF SAID SALT AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF SAID A-AZIDOPHENYLACETIC ACID; THE DIASTEREOMERIC SALT OF AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF A-AZIDOPHENYLACTIC ACID AND AN OPTICALLY ACTIVE FORM OF A-PHENYLETHYLAMINE.