Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carboxylic acids and salts thereof
Patent
1986-12-22
1988-07-26
Lone, Werren B.
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carboxylic acids and salts thereof
560 61, 562471, C07B 5700
Patent
active
047601728
ABSTRACT:
A process for the preparation of optically active 2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propionic acid of at least 75 percent enantiomeric excess of the desired optical isomer comprised of contacting 2-chloropropionic acid or a lower alkyl ester or an alkali metal salt thereof, having an optical purity greater than 85 percent of the opposite configuration, with from 3 to 10 molar equivalents of 4-methoxyphenol in an aqueous base.
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Brookens Ronald G.
Clarke Vera C.
Jones S. Preston
Lone Werren B.
The Dow Chemical Company
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