HCID 10820778, compound → HCID 67854555, compound

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Reaction Steps

3-Methylene-5-butyldihydro-2(3H)-furanone (5.8 g; 0.33 mole) was charged to a reactor with 0.25 g 5% palladium on carbon and 6 mls ethanol. The mixture was stirred at room temperature and hydrogen gas slowly introduced subsurfacely for eight hours. The catalyst was removed by filtering and the solvent evaporated under reduced pressure to yield 5.3 g of cis- 3-methyl-5-butyldihydro-2(3H) furanone (84% assay by GLC; 86.5% yield)

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