Patent ID: 8604240

Claim:
A method for producing a β-alkoxypropionamide, the method comprising: subjecting a β-alkoxypropionic acid ester of formula (I) and a polyol having two or more OH groups to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a basic catalyst, thereby synthesizing a transesterified polyol of a β-alkoxypropionic acid ester; and subjecting the transesterified polyol and an amine of formula (II) to an amidation reaction, thereby synthesizing a β-alkoxypropionamide of formula (III): wherein R 1 and R 2 , which are the same or different, are an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R 3 and R 4 , which are the same or different, are hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxyalkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a glycidyl group.