An efficient method for the lipase-catalysed resolution and in-line purification of racemic flurbiprofen in a continuous-flow reactor
- Lucia Tamborini1
- Diego Romano2
- Andrea Pinto1
- Arianna Bertolani1,2
- Francesco Molinari2
- Paola Conti1
- 1Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche ‘Pietro Pratesi’, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Italy
- 2Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Read the publication that featured this abstractThe lipase-catalysed kinetic resolution of flurbiprofen was performed in a flow-chemistry reactor allowing for a significant reduction of the reaction time compared to the classical batch method. The process was implemented by adding an in-line purification step of the exiting solution, consisting in a catch and release protocol, which allows easy separation and recovery of both (S)-flurbiprofen and (R)-flurbiprofen butyl ester with an enantiomeric excess ≥90% and a chemical purity >98%.
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