The invention relates to a catalytic rectifying apparatus for splitting
chirality 1-
phenethyl alcohol by virtue of
lipase and a method for producing the
chirality 1-phenethyl. The catalytic rectifyingapparatus is characterized by comprising a rectifying
tower body with a reaction section upper material inlet, a reaction section lower material inlet, a top material outlet and a kettle material outlet, wherein the 1-
phenethyl alcohol is introduced from the reaction section upper material inlet, an acyl donor is introduced from the reaction section lower material inlet, a reaction section in therectifying
tower is filled with the
lipase fixed on the resin and used as a catalyst, and the top material outlet discharges a
reaction product fatty alcohol; and a
reaction product R-type ester, non-reacted S-type 1-
phenethyl alcohol and acyl donor are discharged from the bottom of the
tower. By utilizing the apparatus and method of the invention, the reaction conversion rate of 99 percent of R-1-phenethyl
alcohol or more can be realized, the R-type ester product with
enantiomeric excess greater than 99 percent and the S-1-phenethyl
alcohol with the
enantiomeric excess greater than 98 percent can be obtained, the production process is greatly simplified, the device size, and the
energy consumption and the operation expense are reduced.