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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Klas Sorger, München, DE;
Jürgen Stohrer, Pullach, DE;
Klas Sorger, München, DE;
Jürgen Stohrer, Pullach, DE;
Wacker Chemie AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An enantioselective method for producing optically active 3-alkyl carboxylic acids comprises transforming an optically active secondary alcohol into an optically active, activated compound by introducing a leaving group; reacting the activated compound with a malonic acid derivative to obtain an optically active, alkylated malonic acid compound, the reaction taking place exclusively in ether and/or carboxylic acid ester solvents and one or more aprotic polar solvents or alcohols as a cosolvent in a maximum proportion of 30 volume percent of total solvent, wherein the added cosolvent is not hexamethyl phosphoric acid triamide; the malonic acid compound is hydrolyzed if necessary to obtain the corresponding acid; and the corresponding acid is decarboxylated.