The invention discloses a DL-phenylethylamine resolution process, which belongs to the technical field of
chemical engineering, and comprises the following steps: S1, resolution: heating D-
glutamic acid and DL-phenylethylamine in a mixed
solvent of
methanol and water to react, then cooling to crystallize, filtering and
drying to obtain a composite salt, S2, D-
glutamic acid recovery: dissolving the composite salt obtained in the step 1 in water, and recovering the DL-
glutamic acid to obtain the DL-phenylethylamine. And S3, dissociation: regulating the pH value of the
mother liquor after the D-glutamic acid is recovered in the step 2 to 12 by using alkali, standing for layering, taking an upper oil layer, and distilling to obtain the S (-)-alpha-phenylethylamine. According to the present invention, the S-(-)-alpha-phenylethylamine is successfully efficiently prepared by using the D-glutamic acid as the resolving agent, the product yield is 81.8%, the
optical rotation is-38.2 degrees, the optical purity is excellent, the resolving agent
recovery rate is as high as 88.1%, the expensive catalyst or the complex equipment is not required, and the industrial implementation is easy.