To provide a method for inexpensively producing an optically active fluorine-containing lactic acid such as 3,3,3-trifluorolactic acid or a derivative thereof useful as a raw material of a functional organic compound such as a liquid crystal, a surfactant or a dye, a physiologically active substance such as medicines or agrochemicals and a functional material polymer in a large amount.
The objective optically active fluorine-containing lactic acid is synthesized by the following reaction [in general formula (I), (II) and (III), Rfs denote each a perfluoroalkyl; R1s and R2s are mutually same or different groups and denote each an alkyl, an aryl, an aralkyl, an alkenyl or an alkynyl independently; Xs denote halogen atoms; and *s denote chiral carbon atoms].
KUROKI KATSUCHIKA
ASADA DAISUKE
SAKAMAKI YUKO
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