STEREOSELECTIVE INVERSION OF (R)-(-)-BENOXAPROFEN TO THE (S)-(+)-ENANTIOMER IN HUMANS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 7  (6) , 356-359
Abstract
The enantiomeric composition of the potent active antiinflammatory agent benoxaprofen [(RS)-2-(p-chlorophenyl)-.alpha.-methyl-5-benzoxazoleacetic acid], in plasma and urine was determined after oral administration of both the racemic mixture and the (R)-(-)-enantiomer to normal human volunteers. Resolution of the diastereomeric amides, formed by the reaction of the enantiomers with (S)-(-)-.alpha.-methylbenzylamine, was accomplished by gas chromatography. The (R)-(-)-enantiomer of the parent drug was stereoselectively inverted to its (S)-(+) isomer in humans.