Synthesis 1990; 1990(3): 222-223
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-26838
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A Practical Method for Resolution of the Optical Isomers of 2,2′-Dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthalene

Yasufumi Tamai* , Park Heung-Cho, Kenji Iizuka, Atsuko Okamura, Sotaro Miyano
  • *Department of Biochemistry and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980, Japan
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Publication Date:
17 September 2002 (online)

Inexpensive (R)-(-)-2-aminobutanol is advantageously used for resolution of the optical isomers of 1,1′-binaphthalene-2,2′-diyl hydrogen phosphate, thus providing a practical route to both of the highly pure enantiomers of 2,2′-dihydroxy-1,1′-binaphthalene on a preparative scale.

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