Enantiomer Separation: Fundamentals and Practical Methods

Optical resolutions by inclusion complexation with a chiral host compound.- Crystalline dipeptides: their molecular recognition to be useful to enantiomer separation.- Optical resolution via complex formation with O,O'-dibenzoyltataric acid.- Spontaneous chiral crystallization of achiral materials and absolute asymmetric transformation in the chiral crystalline environment.- Preferential enrichment: a dynamic enantiomeric resolution phenomenon caused by polymorphic transition during crystallization.- Optical resolution by means of crystallization.- Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates: a versatile method for the separation of enantiomers.- Enzymatic kinetic resolution.- Preparative-scale separation of enantiomers on chiral stationary phases by gas chromatography.- Practical resolution of enantiomers by high-performance liquid chromatography.