Synthesis of enantiomerically pure forms of trans-3-phenylglycidic acid

✍ Scribed by Krystyna Plucińska; Franciszek Kasprzykowski; Elżbieta Kozian

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 209 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(96)02426-4

✦ Synopsis

Trans-(2R,3S)-and (2S,3R)-3-phenylglycidic acids were obtained as pure crystals. The optical properties and chemical stability were characterized. The absolute configuration of the trans-(+)and trans-(-) isomers was established by means of chemical correlation.