Abstract: A process for separating a selected amino acid (enantiomer) from a mixture of different compounds including other amino acids is disclosed, in which process the mixture is contacted with a polymer material which is composed of cross-linked, amino-acid-based monomer units, said polymer material containing a molecular print of the selected amino acid. In the molecular print there is also bound a diastereomeric complex between the selected amino acid (enantiomer), a divalent metallic ion and the amino-acid-based monomer unit. Also the amino-acid-based monomer unit and a process for preparation thereof, as well as a polymer material composed of the amino-acid-based monomer unit and a process for the preparation thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns new (R)-, (S)- and (R,S)-1-(4'-alkylamido)-2'-{1-[N-(alkyl)imino]ethyl}phenoxy-3-alklyamino-2 -propanols having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R means a straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group, especially the n-propyl group, and R.sub.1 means hydrogen or a straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl group, especially the isopropyl group, which compounds are useful intermediates when preparing the pharmacologically active (R)-, (S)- and (R,S)-1-(4'-alkylamido-2'-acetyl)phenoxy-3-alkylamino-2-propanols of the formula ##STR2## wherein R and R.sub.1 have the meaning given above.