Sodium Hydroxide → Cyclopentanone, 2-(1-hydroxypentyl)-

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Additional 15.8 g (0.19 mol) 48% NaOH was added thereto, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 2 hours. After the reaction was finished, the mixture was neutralized and analyzed in the same manner as in Example 1. The result indicated that the reaction mixture contained 521 g (3.06 mol) 2-(1-hydroxy-n-pentyl)cyclopentanone (yield 83.8%) and 18.2 g (0.119 mol) 2-pentylidene cyclopentanone.

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