“…The reaction mixture after treatment with petroleum ether was fractionated to separate (S)-diethyl phosphate and (R)-glycidyl diethyl 2,3-dihydroxy- Measuring enantiomeric purity. The enantiomeric excess (ee) of glycidyl phosphate (S)-I was measured by 31 P NMR spectroscopy with (4R,5R)-bis-(N,N-dimethylaminocarbonyl)-2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane IV according to [4]. A fragment of the 31 P NMR spectrum of the derivatized reaction mixture is as follows, d P , ppm (I): 140.00 (1.00) and 140.61 (0.08); hence, ee = [(1.00 3 0.08)/(1.00 + 0.08)] 0 100 = 85%.…”