A practical and didactic sequence of experiments was proposed to illustrate the stereochemistry concept, optically active compounds, resolution of racemates, and use of the NMR technique, including 2D-COSY for identification of organic compounds, on a laboratory course for undergraduate students. The sequence was: extractions of racemic ibuprofen and chiral naproxen from commercial tablets; syntheses of diastereoisomeric amides reacting chiral (S)-(-)-α-methylbenzylamine with (±)-ibuprofen; separation and determination of absolute configuration of amides by ¹H NMR spectroscopy and GC analysis, and hydrolysis of amides to obtain (+)- and (-)-ibuprofen.

Um novo ent-dinorlabdano (-)-13(R)-14,15-dinorlabd-8(17)-eno-3,13-diol foi isolado a partir do óleo de copaíba comercial juntamente com dois outros dinorditerpenos conhecidos. A configuração absoluta destes dinorditerpenos foi determinada pela primeira vez através de síntese partindo do ácido (-)-3-hidróxi-copalico isolado do mesmo óleo.

A novel ent-dinorlabdane (-)-13(R)-14,15-dinorlabd-8(17)-ene-3,13-diol was isolated from commercial copaiba oil along with two known dinorlabdanes. The absolute configuration of these dinorditerpenes was established for the first time through synthesis starting from known (-)-3-hydroxycopalic acid, which was also isolated from the same oleoresin.