CAS No. 29841-69-8

(1S,2S)-1,2-diphenylethylenediamine presents itself as colorless needle-shaped crystals, possessing no odor, insolubility in water, and easy solubility in methanol and ethanol. Notably, it exhibits a tendency to oxidize in the air. This compound finds extensive application in asymmetric synthesis and optical resolution, playing a key role in reactions such as asymmetric hydroxylation of olefins, asymmetric aldol condensation, asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions, asymmetric propargylation of carbonyl compounds, synthesis of optically active propargylic alcohols and propargylic amines, asymmetric epoxidation of olefins without functional groups, and the cleavage of naphthol.