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HRID 898501Generated: October 26, 2026

Ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate → Ethyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl 2-methylacetoacetateHCID 701—
ReactantEthyl AcetoacetateHCID 8868—
ProductEthyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrateHCID 65646760%

Reaction Steps

Ethyl 2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate was prepared following the procedure as described in step 1) of Preparation Example 2, except for that ethyl 2-methyl-3-oxo-butyrate was used to replace for ethyl acetoacetate. Yield 60%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07351778B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2008_04
ORD IDord-7d7837f930764a739e5eb8268d419efb
Source noteuspto-grants-2008_04