Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate → 4-Chloro-3-hydroxybutyric acid ethyl ester, (3R)-

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100 g of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutyrate and 64.9 mg of {[Ru (p-cymene) I (+) TMBTP] I}, prepared in example 1, are placed under argon in a 3-liter reactor, in 1000 ml of ethyl alcohol degassed with argon; the mixture is heated at 120° C. under argon and pressurised with hydrogen at 5 bar. After 3 h, the mixture is cooled, concentrated at reduced pressure, and the residue distilled with 5 mm Hg vacuum. 91 g of ethyl (+) (R)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutyrate are obtained with an e.e. of 97% by gas-chromatography analysis.

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