1-Octene → Gamma-Decalactone

HRID 46744

Reaction equation

HRID 46744 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 74%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

Octene-1 in an amount of 3.37 g. and 4.8 g. of freshly prepared MnO2.4H2O were mixed with and heated under nitrogen in 300 ml. glacial acetic acid containing 90 g. potassium acetate. After a reaction time of less than two hours, gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactone was obtained in 74% yield.

Workup

  1. temperatureheated under nitrogen in 300 ml

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-3c2d463041064f17a5965d17a1397be7
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1979_11
Patent number
US04175089

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