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Method for preparing an optically pure benzofuran carboxylic acid and use thereof for preparing efaroxan
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A method for preparing an optically pure 2-ethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofurancarboxylic acid of formula II wherein R is a hydrogen atom, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or hydroxy is described. ##STR1## The method comprises separating the racemic mixture by selective crystallization with the suitable optically pure enantiomer of 2-phenylglycinol, in a suitable solvent, whereafter the optically pure, crystallized acid of formula II is isolated and recovered. The invention also provides the optically pure 2-ethyl-2,3-dihydro-benzofurancarboxylic acid derivative thus obtained and the use thereof for the preparation of an optically pure derivative of efaroxan.