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A synthesis of the R, R -tartrate salt of the popular anti-Parkinson’s drug R -rasagiline (Azilect) was adapted to introduce the organic laboratory student to a medically relevant synthesis. It makes use of concepts found in the undergraduate organic chemistry curriculum, appropriately fits into three approximately 4 h lab periods, and utilizes readily available equipment and inexpensive commercially available chemicals.
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