The invention provides a method for separating
terbutaline enantiomers in an extracted mode through hydrophobicity phase transferring
chirality. Beta-
cyclodextrin is used as an extraction agent, the
terbutaline enantiomers serve as separated objects, the solubilizing performance of a hydrophobicity phase transferring agent for
terbutaline in the organic phase is used,
mass transferring efficiency is improved through the centrifugal acting force of a
centrifugal extractor,
mass transferring and reacting of the terbutaline enantiomers in the water phase and the organic phase are accelerated, extract-phase outlet purity and
raffinate-phase outlet purity are greatly improved accordingly, and the extract-phase yield and the
raffinate-phase yield are greatly increased accordingly. The method has the advantages that the extraction agent and the phase transferring agent are low in price and easy to get; extraction efficiency is high, and the separating speed is high; operation is flexible, and the environment-friendly effect and the efficient effect are achieved. By means of the method, the problem that the
solubility of the terbutaline in the organic phase is poor is solved, and the problems that as for common extraction technologies,
mass transferring efficiency is low, single-stage extraction is carried out, and purity and the yield are low are solved. Rapid and high-selectivity separation of the terbutaline can be achieved through multi-stage counter-current extraction.