申请人:Takasago International Corporation
公开号:US04965398A1
公开(公告)日:1990-10-23
A process for preparing an .alpha.-hydroxycarboxylate represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 represents a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group or a cycloalkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are bonded to each other to form a five- to seven-membered cycloalkenyl or bicycloalkenyl ring which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group; and R.sup.3 represents a lower alkyl group, which comprises reacting an olefin compound represented by formula (II): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 ' represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; and R.sup.2 ' represents a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group or a cycloalkyl group, or R.sup.1 ' and R.sup.2 ' are bonded to each other to form a five- to seven-membered cycloalkyl or bicycloalkyl ring which may be substituted with a lower alkyl group, with a glyoxylate represented by formula (III): ##STR3## wherein R.sup.3 is as defined above, in the presence of a binaphthol-titanium complex represented by formula (IV): ##STR4## wherein X represents a chlorine atom or bromine atom.
一种制备公式(I)所表示的α-羟基羧酸的方法:其中R1代表氢原子或低碳基;R2代表低碳基、苯基或环烷基,或R1和R2相互连接形成可以用低碳基取代的五至七元环烯基或双环烯基环;R3代表低碳基,包括将公式(II)所表示的烯烃化合物与公式(III)所表示的乙酰乙酸盐在公式(IV)所表示的联苯二酚钛配合物存在下反应:其中R1'代表氢原子或低碳基;R2'代表低碳基、苯基或环烷基,或R1'和R2'相互连接形成可以用低碳基取代的五至七元环烷基或双环烷基环;R3如上定义,在X代表氯原子或溴原子的联苯二酚钛配合物存在下进行。