1-Octene → Gamma-Decalactone

HRID 46741

Reaction equation

HRID 46741 reaction equation
[CH3:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]=[CH2:8].[C:9]([O-:12])(=[O:11])[CH3:10].[K+]>C(O)(=O)C>[CH2:6]([CH:7]1[O:12][C:9](=[O:11])[CH2:10][CH2:8]1)[CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH3:1]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 81251-OcteneHCID 517044Potassium Acetate

Product 1

HCID 12813Gamma-DecalactoneYield 31%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

Octene-1 in an amount of 2.2 grams and 23.6 grams of ceric acetate were refluxed under nitrogen in 200 milliliters of glacial acetic acid containing 60 grams of potassium acetate for less than 0.4 hour, there being obtained a 31% yield of gamma-n-hexyl butyrolactone.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b1b112f817fe40b399d7745d85d5634b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_11
Patent number
US04175089

Linked notes

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