Chemical Properties
white to light yellow crystal powder
Uses
(1S,2S)-(-)-1,2-Diphenyl-1,2-ethanediamine solvation agent, For synthesis of enantiopure ethylenediamines by chirality transfer (condensation with diketones followed by reductive cleavage), Co-catalyst in the Ru catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of aromatic ketones, Versatile ligand for the formation of metal complexes.1 Used in the synthesis of chiral tropocoronands which have potential utility in asymmetric catalysis
General Description
1,2-Diphenylethylenediamine is a chiral molecule, generally used as a chiral resolving agent and as a precursor of the chiral auxiliary. It is also used as a chiral solvating agent in NMR study.
Synthesis
The current preparation method is to split ()-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine under ethanol solvent with tartaric acid as the splitting agent, and according to the demand, the splitting is carried out by adopting different splitting conditions, so as to produce either (1S,2S)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine or (1R,2R)- 1,2 -diphenylethylenediamine.
