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Dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid

98%

Synonym(s):

L-DBTA, (−)-O,O′-Dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid

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Linear Formula:
[C6H5CO2CH(CO2H)-]2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
358.30
Beilstein:
709854
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352108
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98%

optical activity

[α]20/D −116°, c = 9 in ethanol

mp

152-155 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid
ester
phenyl

SMILES string

OC(=O)[C@H](OC(=O)c1ccccc1)[C@@H](OC(=O)c2ccccc2)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C18H14O8/c19-15(20)13(25-17(23)11-7-3-1-4-8-11)14(16(21)22)26-18(24)12-9-5-2-6-10-12/h1-10,13-14H,(H,19,20)(H,21,22)/t13-,14-/m1/s1

InChI key

YONLFQNRGZXBBF-ZIAGYGMSSA-N

Application

Dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid may be used as a chiral resolving agent for the resolution of racemic Troger base. It may also be used as a ligand to synthesize chiral transition metal complexes, which have potential utility in organic asymmetric catalysis.

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Transition metal complexes of dibenzoyl-L-tartaric acid (db-L-tarH2) and L-tartaric acid (L-tarH2); X-ray crystal structure of {[Cu(L-tar)(phen)]?6H2O}n (phen=1,10-phenanthroline).
McCann M, et al.
Polyhedron, 16(20), 3655-3661 (1997)
A convenient method for the synthesis and resolution of Troger base.
Satishkumar S and Periasamy M.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 17(7), 1116-1119 (2006)
Stanley I Goldberg
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, 43(1), 31-37 (2013-01-25)
Construction and operation of a laboratory model, which combines the lately discovered enantioenrichment method of the author (2007) with the sun-powered evaporative pumping process of Hsu and Siegenthaler (Sedimentology 12:11-25 1969), is described. The model operated continuously for 120 days
Yan-Song Zheng et al.
Organic letters, 6(8), 1189-1192 (2004-04-09)
Calixarenes bearing optically pure alpha,beta-amino alcohol groups at their lower rim exhibit exceptional and efficient chiral recognition ability in discrimination of racemic mandelic acid, 2,3-dibenzoyltartaric acid and 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyric acid. [structure: see text]
Christian Zimmer et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 73(1), 132-140 (2006-07-19)
In a screening procedure a pink-colored yeast was isolated from enrichment cultures with (2R,3R)-(-)-di-O-benzoyl-tartrate (benzoyl-tartrate) as the sole carbon source. The organism saar1 was identified by morphological, physiological, and 18S ribosomal DNA/internal transcribed spacer analysis as Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, a basidiomycetous

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