The new chiral backbones (R)-(+)-and S-(−)-2-amino-2′-hydroxy-6, 6′-dimethyl-1, 1′- biphenyl and (R)-(+)-and (S)-(−)-2-amino-2′-hydroxy-4, 4′, 6, 6′-tetramethyl-1, 1′- biphenyl were synthesized from o-methylaniline and 2, 4-dimethyl-aniline respectively in seven steps. A new resolution method was developed to provide homochiral enantiomers (from diastereomeric salts) in reasonably high yields. The absolute configuration of the ...