To provide a process for producing an optically active 2-hydroxybutyric ester at high yield and high optical purity.
The process for producing an optically active 2-hydroxybutyric ester (1), characterized in that the process includes reacting an optically active 2,3-epoxypropionic ester (2) with a methyl Grignard reagent CH
3
MgX (wherein X represents a halogen atom) in the presence of a copper catalyst in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 mol with respect to 1 mol of (2) through the following scheme:
(wherein R represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a C7 or C8 aralkyl group; X represents a halogen atom; and * represents S- or R-absolute configuration).
                            提供一种高产率和高光学纯度的光学活性2-羟基
丁酸酯的生产过程。生产光学活性2-羟基
丁酸酯(1)的过程,其特征在于该过程包括通过以下方案将光学活性2,3-
环氧丙酸酯(2)与甲基
格氏试剂CH3MgX(其中X代表卤素原子)在
铜催化剂的存在下反应,
铜催化剂的用量相对于(2)的1摩尔为0.05至0.5摩尔:(其中R代表C1至C6烷基或C7或C8芳基烷基;X代表卤素原子;*代表S-或R-绝对构型)。