STEREOSELECTIVE REACTION BETWEEN ACETANTHRANIL AND RACEMIC AMINE

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt

Abstract

Racemic amines 1-phenyl-ethylamine and 1-amino-2-propanol were found to undergo kinetic resolution in the stereoselective reaction with acetanthranil. The residual amines have optical rotation of (+) 5.2° and (+) 4.5° which correspond to optical purity of about 15.7% and 18% for 1-phenylethylamine and 1-amino-2-propanol, respectively. The effect of temperature, reaction time, solvent, concentration of amine and catalyst were examined on the kinetic resolution.