Water → 2-Formyl-3-hydroxy-5-oxocyclopent-1-eneheptanoic acid

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A mixture consisting of 13 parts of dl- 3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2-styrylcyclopent-1-eneheptanoic acid, 17.8 parts of sodium periodate, 55 parts of water, 160 parts of dioxane and 2 parts of a 2% osmium tetroxide in dioxane solution is stirred under nitrogen at room temperature for about 4 hours. That reaction mixture is then extracted with ether and the ether layer is separated and extracted several times with 0.5% aqueous sodium chloride. The salt extracts are saturated with sodium chloride, then extracted with ether. The ether layer is separated, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated and dried under reduced pressure to afford dl- 2-formyl-3-hydroxy-5-oxocyclopent-1-eneheptanoic acid, characterized by an ultraviolet absorption maximum at about 228 millimicrons with a molecular extinction coefficient of about 10,100.

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