Enzymatic enantiomeric resolution of phenylethylamines structurally related to amphetamine?

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry Pub Date: 2011-08-31 DOI: 10.1039/C1OB06251D

Abstract

Both enantiomers of several phenylethylamines, structurally related to amphetamine, have been prepared in good yields and excellent enantiomeric purity by enzymatic kinetic resolution using CAL-B and ethyl methoxyacetate as the acyl donor. In the case of the 4-hydroxyderivative of amphetamine (compound 4i), the S enantiomer racemized possibly in a dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) under the enzymatic conditions used.

Graphical abstract: Enzymatic enantiomeric resolution of phenylethylamines structurally related to amphetamine
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