title: Enantioseparation of chiral alcohols by complex formation and subsequent supercritical fluid extraction.
abstract: The very first application of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) on enantioseparation of alcohols is discussed. Resolution of three chiral alcohols (trans-2-chloro-cyclohexanol, trans-2-bromo-cyclohexanol, and trans-2-iodo-cyclohexanol) were performed by partial complexation with (-)-O,O'-dibenzoyl-(2R,3R)-tartaric acid monohydrate (DBTA). DBTA formed diastereomeric complexes with all S,S-enantiomers stable enough to extract the unreacted alcohols with supercritical carbon dioxide. Resolution efficiency increased with the size of halogen substituents, and by the proper selection of molar ratio, pure (-)-R,R-trans-2-iodo-cyclohexanol (ee > 99%, yield: 39%) or (+)-S,S-trans-2-iodo-cyclohexanol (ee = 98%, yield: 8%) were prepared in one process step. Achieved resolution efficiency values were much higher in all resolution procedures than in any other known enantioseparation of these racemic compounds. The developed method offers an environmentally friendly, efficient alternative of currently applied resolution processes, also on a preparative scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary. sz-edit@mail.bme.hu
authors.forename: Edit
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Székely
authors.forename: Béla
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simándi
authors.forename: Elemér
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fogassy
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kemény
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kmecz