Chiral symmetry breaking of 3-phenylsuccinimides
by crystallization-induced
dynamic deracemization was performed. We found that N-propyl and N-(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenylsuccinimides
crystallized as racemic conglomerates, and their crystal structures
were determined by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis. Their
rapid racemization via enolate ions under basic conditions was confirmed.
Crystallization of a small amount of racemic substrates from the solution
by evaporating solvent with stirring promoted deracemization from
55% to 98% ee. On the other hand, attrition-enhanced deracemization
(Viedma ripening) was applied to deracemization experiments on a larger
scale converging to enantiomeric crystals with >99% ee.
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