1-Dodecanol, 2-hexyl- → Pentadecalactone

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A 26.7 g (72.0 mmol) portion of octyl 15-hydroxypentadecanoate, 20.1 g (154 mmol) of 2-decyl-1-octanol and 1.5 g of magnesium oxide were put into the same apparatus of Inventive Example 1 and the reaction was carried out under conditions of 230 to 250° C. and 1.3 kPa to 130 Pa while distilling out the distillate to obtain 26.9 g of a colorless and transparent liquid distillate 5 hours thereafter. This contained 0.5 g of cyclopentadecanolide (yield 3%).

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