Aniline → Itaconic acid

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The enantiomer excess (hereinafter referred to as "e.e.") of the resulting methylsuccinic acid was determined as follows. A part (1.32 mg, 0.1 mmole) of the crude product was dissolved in 2 ml of THF and 2 ml of acetonitrile, and 45.4 mg (0.22 mmole) of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, 2.4 mg (0.02 mmole) of 4-dimethylaminopyridine, and 0.01 ml (0.11 mmole) of aniline were added to the solution, followed by stirring at room temperature overnight. The solvent was removed from the reaction mixture by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in chloroform, washed three times with a 5M hydrochloric acid aqueous solution and then once with a saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution in a successive manner, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed, and the crude dianilide was purified by silica gel column chromatography using diethyl ether as an eluent. The purified dianilide was subjected to high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using a chromatograph equipped with CHIRALCEL-OD® (manufactured by Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.) (eluent: isopropyl alcohol/hexane=10/90 by volume; detection: UV 254 nm; flow rate: 1 ml/min) to determine the e.e.

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