Abstract:
SOLUTION OF A-SUBSTITUTED D- OR 1-ARYLACETIC ACID SALTS OF ASYMMERTIC OPTICALLY ACTIVE NITROGENEOUS BASES ARE HEATED TO ELEVATED TEMPERATURES TO CAUSE RACEMIZATION. BY REPEATED CRYSTALLIZATION AND RACEMIZATION STEPS WITH FINAL CONVERSION TO THE ACID, A DL-ACID CAN BE CONVERTED TO AN OPTICALLY SPECIFIC D- OR 1-ACID. THE A-SUBSTITUTED ARYLACETIC ACIDS ARE USEFUL AS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANALGESIS, ANTIPYRETIC AND ANTI-PRUTITIC AGENTS.