Gamma-Butyrolactone → 1,4-Butanediol

HRID 1263088Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1263088 reaction equation
[C:1]1(=[O:8])O[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1.[C:9]1(=[O:14])[O:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10]1.[C:15]1(=[O:26])[O:25][CH2:24][CH2:23][CH2:22][CH2:21][CH2:20][CH2:19][CH2:18][CH2:17][CH2:16]1>>[OH:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][CH2:9][OH:14].[OH:25][CH2:24][CH2:23][CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH:1]=[O:8].[OH:26][CH2:15][CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][CH2:19][CH2:20][CH2:21][CH2:22][CH2:23][CH:24]=[O:25]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 7302Gamma-ButyrolactoneHCID 10401epsilon-CAPROLACTONEHCID 9855585Oxacycloundecan-2-one

Product 3

HCID 80641,4-ButanediolHCID 112288648-hydroxyoctanalHCID 13132096HCID 13132096, compound

Procedure

In accordance with the above procedure, but where, in place of 6-hexanolactone, there is used 4-butanolactone, 8-octanolacetone or 10-decanolactone, there is obtained the corresponding 4-hydroxybutanol, 8-hydroxyoctanal or 10-hydroxydecanal.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a43c77c3896f40d8beab8b50f445a49f
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1984_06
Patent number
US04455441

Reaction notes

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