NOVEL COMPOUNDS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION

摘要

Compounds represented by the general formula: RO−CH(CN)2 (wherein R is a monovalent organic group), which are useful as carbon−addition reagent, can be produced efficiently and in a high yield. Specifically, a process for production of compounds represented by the general formula (2): (2) (wherein R is a monovalent organic or organometallic group), characterized by adding peracetic acid to a compound represented by the general formula: (1) (wherein R” is alkyl or aryl), stirring the resulting mixture to conduct oxidative cleavage, and adding a hydroxyl−protecting reagent to the obtained crude product to protect the hydroxyl group.