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In the Laboratory
Resolution of Racemic Phenylsuccinic Acid Using (-)-Proline as a Resolving Agent: An Introductory Organic Chemistry Experiment
Victor Cesare and Ralph Stephani
St. JohnÕs University, Department of Chemistry, Jamaica, NY 11439
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October 1997
Vol. 74 No. 10
p. 1226
Abstract
The resolution of phenylsuccinic acid by salt formation with (-)-proline can be easily used as an undergraduate organic laboratory experiment. Isolation of the (+)-enantiomer can be completed in about two hours and this procedure can also be used to introduce the reflux and recrystallization techniques. This resolution offers several advantages, such as use of relatively nontoxic odorless reagents, high yields of both enantiomers, and a high specific rotation for phenylsuccinic acid.
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*  Citation
 Cesare, Victor; Stephani, Ralph. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1226.
*  Keywords
 Laboratory, Organic Chemistry, and Stereochemistry
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