(-)-Di-p-toluoyl-L-tartaric acid

It is also used as a chiral building block, a chiral auxiliary in asymmetric synthesis, and in certain applications in the food and analytical chemistry sectors. (-)-Di-p-toluoyl-L-tartaric acid is used mainly as a chiral resolving agent for separating racemic amines, a key application in the pharmaceutical industry for creating enantiomerically pure active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

API Name Sitagliptin
CAS No 32634-66-5
Molecular Formula C20H18O8
Molecular Weight 386.4 g/mol
Synonyms (2R,3R)-2,3-bis[(4-methylbenzoyl)oxy]butanedioic acid

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