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HRID 1709618Generated: October 30, 2026

Water → 6-Oxohexanoic acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantWaterHCID 962—
ReactantMethyl 6-oxohexanoateHCID 81164—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
Product6-Oxohexanoic acidHCID 44091841%

Reaction Steps

36 g of methyl 5-formylvalerate, 90 g of water and 1 g of p-toluenesclfonic acid were heated under reflux for 8 hours, the methanol formed being distilled off continuously. Fractional vacuum distillation gave 13.3 g of 5-formylvaleric acid (yield 41% of theory).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04950429
Source datasetuspto-grants-1990_08
ORD IDord-aec28919306b41c5b66a079d19e58bd1
Source noteuspto-grants-1990_08