Abstract: A process for resolving DL-Mandelic acid which comprises reacting at moderately elevated temperatures in a two-phase liquid mixture of water and a suitable water-immiscible organic solvent about equimolecular amounts of DL-Mandelic acid and an optically active 2-benzylamino-1-butanol, represented by formula (I), ##STR1## to form a crude mandelate salt, represented by formula (II), ##STR2## wherein X is chloro, bromo, fluoro, or nitro; said crude mandelate salt is recovered and purified by contact with a suitable solvent to obtain an optically pure mandelate salt, represented by formula (II); the optically active mandelate salt is hydrolyzed with aqueous sodium or potassium hydroxide in a two-phase liquid mixture to obtain an organic phase containing an optically active compound of formula (I) and an alkalized aqueous phase containing the sodium or potassium salt of an optically active mandelic acid. The latter is acidified and an optically active mandelic acid is recovered therefrom.

Abstract: A method suitable for the continuous preparation of acetylsulfaguanidine is described which comprises exposing a thin layer of a concentrated aqueous solution of ammonium acetylsulfanilylcyanamide to microwave radiation until essentially anhydrous ammonium acetylsulfanilylcyanamide is obtained in the form of a glassy, non-crystalline sheet, and converting the dry ammonium acetylsulfanilylcyanamide to acetylsulfaguanidine by heating.

Abstract: The treatment of N-acyl-DL(+)-phenylalanines with D(-)-2-(2,5-dimethylbenzylamino)-1-butanol results in the formation of the D(-)-2-(2,5-dimethylbenzylamino)-1-butanol salt which is obtained as a crystallizate of the N-acyl-L(+)-phenylalanine and from which the desired N-acyl-L(+)-phenylalanine, an intermediate useful for the preparation of artificial sweetening agents, can be recovered.