Sulfuric Acid → HCID 10198445, compound

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A mixture containing 45.7 parts of 2,3,5-trioxocyclopentaneheptanoic acid, 13 parts of 5% palladium-on-carbon catalyst, 453 parts of glacial acetic acid and 63.3 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid is shaken with hydrogen at a pressure of 3 atmospheres until 2 molecular equivalents of hydrogen are absorbed. The reaction mixture is then filtered and the resulting filtrate is mixed with 100 parts of solid sodium acetate. Evaporation of the mixture to dryness affords a solid residue which is extracted with water. The resulting extract is filtered and the filter cake is washed with water, dried, then recrystallized from acetone to afford white crystals of 2,5-dioxocyclopentaneheptanoic acid, melting at about 160°-161.5°.

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