The present invention provides a method for producing an optically active β-hydroxy ester compound represented by the general formula:
wherein
R1 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group and the like,
R2 represents a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group different from R1, which is represented by the general formula:
wherein the ring may be substituted and the like,
R3 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group and the like,
R4 and R5 represent, the same or different, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom and the like,
the symbol "*" represents an optically active center, which comprises reacting in the presence of a cinchona alkaloid and the like a compound represented by the general formula:
wherein R1 and R2 are as defined above with a compound represented by the general formula:
wherein R3, R4 and R5 are as defined above, and X is a halogen atom.
本发明提供了一种生产由通式表示的光学活性β-羟基酯化合物的方法:
其中
R1代表任选取代的烃基等、
R2 代表不同于 R1 的含氮杂环基团,由通式表示:
其中环可被取代等、
R3 代表任选取代的烃基等、
R4 和 R5 代表相同或不同的氢原子、卤素原子等、
符号 "*"代表光学活性中心,它包括在
金鸡纳
生物碱等存在下与通式所代表的化合物反应:
其中 R1 和 R2 如上所定义与通式代表的化合物反应:
其中 R3、R4 和 R5 如上定义,X 为卤原子。