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HRID 898505Generated: October 28, 2026

Ethyl Acetoacetate → Ethyl 3-hydroxyhexanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl AcetoacetateHCID 8868—
ReactantEthyl 3-oxohexanoateHCID 238498—
ProductEthyl 3-hydroxyhexanoateHCID 6129348%

Reaction Steps

Ethyl 3-hydroxycaproate was prepared following the procedure as described in step 1) of Preparation Example 2, except for that ethyl butyrylacetate was used to replace for ethyl acetoacetate. Yield 48%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07351778B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2008_04
ORD IDord-c037db2a595140a98eb3440a2b2b627e
Source noteuspto-grants-2008_04