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Hiroyuki Asako0
Koji Hagiya0
Date of Patent
December 15, 2009
0Patent Application Number
116650700
Date Filed
October 13, 2005
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method for producing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid which comprises the following steps (A), (B) and (C):Step (A): step of reacting 1,2-epoxy-3-butene with water to obtain 3-butene-1,2-diol,Step (B): step of reacting 3-butene-1,2-diol with methanethiol to obtain 4-(methylthio)butane-1,2-diol,Step (C): step of oxidizing 4-(methylthio)butane-1,2-diol to obtain 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid.
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