Racemic mandelic acid (2) was resolved efficiently by complexation with (S)-(+)-alanine (1) and the crystal structure of 2:2:1 complex of (S)-(+)-alanine (1), (R)-(-)-mandelic acid (2) and H2O was determined characterizing the hydrogen bond network in the solid state.
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