Sodium Cyanide → (R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyric acid, n-butyl ester

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The resulting compound was cyanogenated in the same manner as in Example 1-(2). That is, 58.5 g (0.3 mol) of n-butyl (S)-(-)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutyrate was dissolved in 180 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide, and 67.5 ml of an aqueous solution containing 16.7 g (0.34 mol) of sodium cyanide was added thereto, followed by stirring at 65° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was worked up in the same manner as in Example 1-(2) to obtain n-butyl (R)-(-)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyrate in a percent yield of 58%.

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