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HRID 553369Generated: October 25, 2026

1-Phenethylamine → Armodafinil

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant1-PhenethylamineHCID 7408—
ReactantModafinil acidHCID 3085267—
ReactantHCID 178514057HCID 178514057—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
ProductArmodafinilHCID 9690109—

Reaction Steps

U.S. Pat. No. 4,927,855 describes the preparation of the levorotatory enantiomer of modafinil by chiral resolution of the 2-[(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetic acid with α-methylbenzyl amine. After recovery and amidation of the enantiomerically pure acid, (−) modafinil was obtained as white crystals by crystallization from ethanol.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08048222B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2011_11
ORD IDord-58141b0965b24d8e90d911acee886957
Source noteuspto-grants-2011_11