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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald W Stoutamire, Modesto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560105 ; 560-1 ; 560-9 ; 560109 ; 560152 ; 560179 ; 560205 ; 560231 ; 562496 ; 568301 ;
Abstract
Optically-active alpha-substituted carboxylic esters are prepared by treating a non-symmetrical ketene with an alcohol in the presence of an optically-active amine catalyst. Hydrolysis of the resulting esters, yields the optically-active acid corresponding to the non-symmetrical ketene.