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HRID 898502Generated: October 26, 2026

Ethyl Acetoacetate → Ethyl 2-ethyl-3-hydroxybutanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl AcetoacetateHCID 8868—
ReactantButanoic acid, 2-ethyl-3-oxo-, ethyl esterHCID 79065—
ProductEthyl 2-ethyl-3-hydroxybutanoateHCID 23198660%

Reaction Steps

Ethyl 2-ethyl-3-hydroxybutyrate was prepared following the procedure as described in step 1) of Preparation Example 2, except for that ethyl 2-ethyl-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-9c943762f252480d883428cdefae8d39
Source noteuspto-grants-2008_04