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HRID 1723614Generated: November 4, 2026

Ethyl 3-Hydroxybutyrate → Ethyl (3R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl 3-HydroxybutyrateHCID 62572—
ReactantEthyl 4-cyano-3-hydroxybutanoateHCID 4184461—
ProductEthyl (3R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutanoateHCID 273387999%

Reaction Steps

Instead of ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate used in Example 1, ethyl 4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyrate (1%, w/v) was used as a reactant and novozyme 435 lipase was used as a biocatalyst. After reaction for 3 hours, ethyl (R)-4-cyano-3-hydroxybutyrate (99% e.e) was obtained at 57.3% conversion.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07485452B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2009_02
ORD IDord-8724202879124ff59d4e0dba56da86ac
Source noteuspto-grants-2009_02