(1S)-(-)-Camphanic chloride is used as a resolving agent for alcohols as the diastereomeric esters by crystallization or chromatography and as a chiral derivatization reagent for determination of enantiomeric excess of alcohols and amines.
An optically active resolving agent
(1S)-(-)-Camphanic chloride may be used in esterification of enantiomers in volatiles releasedf from wheat, in order to determine the proportion of enantiomers and also in quantifying the esters.
(1S)-(-)-Camphanic chloride is a chiral derivatizing agent. It can be prepared by reacting (-)-(1S,4R)-camphanic acid with thionyl chloride.
It is soluble in toluene (50g/100mL at 0o) and crystallises from pet ether (b 40-60o). It sublimes at 70o/5mm, Store it dry at 0o, max (CCl4) 1805s and 1780m cm-1. Armarego et al. J Chem Soc, Perkin Trans I 2229 1976, Gerlach Helv Chim Acta 51 1587 1968, Gerlach Helv Chim Acta 68 1815 1985, Beilstein 18/8 V 101.]
