PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE 2-(6-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-1,3-DIOXAN-4-YL) ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES

摘要

This invention provides a process for producing optically active 2-Ä6-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dioxan-4-ylÜ acetic acid derivatives, which are of value as intermediates of drugs, from inexpensive starting materials without using any special equipment such as that required for super-low temperature reactions. A process for producing optically active 2-Ä6-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dioxan-4-ylÜacetic acid derivatives which comprises reacting an acetic acid derivative at a temperature of not less than -30 DEG C with an enolate prepared by permitting either a base or a metal having a valency of 0 to act on the derivative to produce a hydroxyoxohexanoic acid derivative, reducing this compound with the aid of a strain of microorganism to provide a halomethyldioxanylacetic acid derivative, treating this compound with an acetalizing agent in the presence of an acid catalyst to provide a halomethyldioxanylacetic acid derivative, reacted with an acyloxylating agent to provide a acyloxymethyldioxanylacetic acid derivative, and subjecting this compound to solvolysis in the presence of a base.