Chemie Ingenieur Technik, Vol.86, No.5, 621-629, 2014
Process Development of Enantioselective Extraction in Miniaturized Lab Columns
Enantioselective Extraction is a promising alternative to cheaply and flexibly separate racemic mixtures. It was investigated experimentally and theoretically inside a novel miniaturized lab column. A racemat in a water/organic two-phase system was separated by a selector molecule. To realize a total separation, it is necessary to have many separation units since the system has low operational selectivity. Higher excess of the selector molecule results in higher enantiomeric excess, but lower yields.