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Jin-gen Deng and co-workers describe a successful example of coordination-mediated resolution of a series of -halo acids using O,O'-dibenzoyltartaric acid and copper(II) acetate monohydrate as resolving reagents.

Copper(II)-mediated resolution of -halo carboxylic acids with chiral O,O-dibenzoyltartaric acid: spontaneous racemization and crystallization-induced dynamic resolution
Hong-wu Xu, Qi-wei Wang, Jin Zhu, Jin-gen Deng, Lin-feng Cun, Xin Cui, Jun Wu, Xin-liang Xu and Yu-liang Wu,�Org. Biomol. Chem., 2005, 3, 4227
DOI: 10.1039/b510170k
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