Yeast reduction of ethyl acetoacetate: (S)-(+)-ethyl 3-hydroxybutanoate
CAS index name: Butanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-, ethyl ester, (S)
Organic SynthesesReduction
A checked procedure from Organic Syntheses, the journal whose preparations are repeated in a second laboratory before publication. The full experimental, with amounts, hazards and characterisation data, is on orgsyn.org.
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