Chain branched Cimetidine analogous thioethers, promising building blocks for the preparation of H2-histaminergic compounds, were synthetized from chiral aminoalkanethiols. Enantiomerically pure amino acids or aminoalcohols were used as starting materials. In one case, a resolution via neutral and acid di-O-(4-toluoyl)tartrates was achieved in good yields and satisfying enantiomeric excess. The absolute configuration of an ethyl branched compound was determined using X-ray diffraction and anomalous dispersion
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