Abstract:
A process for the purification of optically active lysine monohydrochloride, containing racemic lysine monohydrochloride as an optical impurity, is disclosed. In this process the solid salt is treated with water to effect an at least partial dissolution or extraction of the optical antipod of the lysine monohydrochloride which is present in the original salt. The aqueous solution thus formed is separated from the solid phase before an equilibrium state is reached, the solid phase thus obtained being of lower optical purity than the original salt.