This invention relates to a method for resolving (+)-isomenthyl
alcohol, comprising the following steps: under
nitrogen protection, racemic isomenthyl
alcohol, S-
naproxen, and a
solvent are added to a reaction vessel, stirred and heated to
reflux, and reacted at a constant temperature to obtain a reaction solution containing (±)-isomenthyl
alcohol-S-
naproxen ester. The solution is then post-treated to obtain crude racemic isomenthyl alcohol-
naproxen ester. The crude product is dissolved in
methanol and crystallized by cooling to obtain a primary
crystallization product. The primary
crystallization product is subjected to a secondary
crystallization by repeating the above crystallization steps, and optically pure (+)-isomenthyl alcohol-S-naproxen ester is collected. The (+)-isomenthyl alcohol-S-naproxen ester is dissolved in
methanol, and an aqueous
hydroxide solution is added. The mixture is stirred and hydrolyzed, and after removing the
methanol, it is extracted with an
organic solvent. The final product is then post-treated to obtain pure (+)-isomenthyl alcohol. Compared with existing technologies, this invention has advantages such as simple operation, mild
reaction conditions, high product purity, and easy
recovery of the resolving agent, effectively solving the problems of
impurity encapsulation and easy configuration inversion in traditional resolving methods.