It finds its application in the synthesis of optically active products. Used for the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds. It can also be used as a chiral derivatizing agent for determining the absolute configuration of secondary alcohols.
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Applications
It finds its application in the synthesis of optically active products. Used for the synthesis of various pharmaceutical compounds. It can also be used as a chiral derivatizing agent for determining the absolute configuration of secondary alcohols.
Solubility
Soluble in water at 20°C 20g/L. Soluble in alcohol.
Notes
Store away from oxidizing agents. Keep the container tightly closed and place it in a cool, dry and well ventilated condition.
RUO – Research Use Only
Olaf Kniemeyer and Johann Heider. (S)-1-Phenylethanol dehydrogenase of Azoarcus sp. strain EbN1, an enzyme of anaerobic ethylbenzene catabolism.Arch. Microbiol.2001176(1), 129-135.
Sushil Krishnamurthy, et al. New thermotropic chiral nematic copolymers. 2. A study of helical sense and twisting power based on copolymers containing (S)-(-)-1-phenylethanol and (R)-(-)-methyl mandelate.Macromolecules,199124(12), 3481-3484.