Processes for producing a compound represented by the formula (1), which includes an acrylic acid derivative and is useful as an agricultural chemical or medicine. One of the processes comprises the step of formulating a compound (3) and converting the OH of the resultant compound (2) into OR″. The first step comprises reacting a formic or orthoformic ester in the presence of a Lewis acid and a base. The second step comprises reacting the compound with R″OH or with R″OH and CH(OR″)
3
under acidic conditions or using a phase-transfer catalyst in a two-phase system and regulating the base and the concentration thereof to stereoselectively synthesize the target compound. In another, process, the compound is efficiently produced without isolating the compound. The compound can also be produced without the compound (2).
1
制备化合物(1)的工艺,该化合物包括
丙烯酸衍
生物,可用作农药或药物。其中一种工艺包括制备化合物(3),并将所得化合物(2)的OH转化为OR″。第一步包括在
路易斯酸和碱的存在下反应
甲酸酯或正
甲酸酯。第二步包括在酸性条件下或使用相转移催化剂在两相体系中与R″OH或R″OH和CH(OR″)3反应,并调节碱和浓度以立体选择性地合成目标化合物。在另一种工艺中,化合物可以在不分离化合物(2)的情况下高效地生产。该化合物也可以在没有化合物(2)的情况下生产。