Ammonia → Ethyl 3-aminobutyrate

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The concentrations of the substrates prior to entering the reactor were 0.226 M for ethyl 3-hydroxy-n-butyrate and 1.630 M for aqueous ammonia. The reaction time was 0.201 second, and the aqueous solution obtained after the reaction was examined with a high performance liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy apparatus, which confirmed that an amino group had been introduced into the ethyl 3-hydroxy-n-butyrate, and that ethyl 3-amino-n-butyrate had been produced. The ethyl 3-amino-n-butyrate concentration was 3.3 mM, and the reaction yield thereof was 1.5%.

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