How are enantiomers separated?
1 Answer
Feb 9, 2016
See here.
Explanation:
It is quite a tedious process. And these is no guarantee that a resolution will work. Chiral resolutions of enantiomers by homochiral reagents (enzymes for instance), which would preferentially transform the desired enantiomer into a new product (that would be easier to separate from the unreacted isomer than would a separation of the original optical isomers as diastereomers) is a field in which there is much current activity. Most drugs, however, go thru this resolution process on large scales.
