abstract |
This invention relates to a method of racemizing enantiomers of compounds containing the group PARTICULARLY ENANTIOMERS OF Alpha -AMINO-E-caprolactam, by contacting said enantiomers with ions of aluminum, chromium, cobalt, copper, indium, nickel, palladium, or zinc, preferably by dissolving salts of said metals in solutions of said enantiomers. |