1-Octene → Gamma-Decalactone

HRID 894940

Reaction equation

HRID 894940 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-569dc1de6fc747dcb74dbc631e0b4bcf
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1981_08
Patent number
US04285868

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