Convenient Synthesis of a Lactone, γ-Butyrolactone

• Richard E. Bozak ^[1] ; J. Knittel ^[1] ; Ronald J. Hicks ^[1]
  1. [1] California State University, Hayward, Department of Chemistry
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 75, Nº 1 (January), 1998, págs. 84-84
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A five-membered cyclic ester, gamma-Butyrolactone, was prepared from GHB using a microscale reflux method. Cyclization yielded a product with a boiling point significantly greater (by 129 °C) than that of the open-chain analogue.