Vinyl laurate → HCID 57267980, compound

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A mixture of a racemate, t-butyl 2-methyl-3hydroxybutanoate 30 g, vinyl laurate 40 g, and Lipase P (Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) 8.0 g was stirred at 35° C. for 7 days. After stopping the reaction, the enzyme was removed by filtration and washed with n-heptane on a filter paper. n-Heptane was distilled off from the filtrate and the residue was subjected to a vacuum distillation to give 13 g of t-butyl (3S)-2-methyl-3-hydroxybutanoate of the following formula, ##STR25## and 23 g of t-butyl (3R)-2-methyl-3-dodecanoyloxy butanoate of the following formula, ##STR26##

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