The racemization of enantiopure drugs: Helping medicinal chemists to approach the problem

Enantiomer

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Reist, Marianne ^a   Testa, Bernard ^a   Carrupt, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5 substituted hydantoins; 1H NMR amfepramone; 1H 2H substitution reactions; Atropine; Configurational stability; Enantiomers; Epimerization; Epimers; Non enzymatic reactions; Oxazepam; Pilocarpine; Rac cathinone; Racemization

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMFEPRAMONE; ATROPINE; CATHINONE; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; HYOSCYAMINE; OXAZEPAM; PILOCARPINE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG RESEARCH; ENANTIOMER; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0030757018     PISSN: 10242430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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