Oxygen → 5-Methyl-5-propyloxolan-2-one

HRID 2285659Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2285659 reaction equation
[CH:1]([C:3](C)([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH3:12])[CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]([O:8]C)=[O:7])=O.O=O>>[CH3:1][C:3]1([CH2:10][CH2:11][CH3:12])[O:8][C:6](=[O:7])[CH2:5][CH2:4]1

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 977OxygenHCID 20543976HCID 20543976, compound

Product 1

HCID 123223585-Methyl-5-propyloxolan-2-oneYield 61%

Procedure

Using a method similar to Example 1, 186 parts of methyl 4-formyl-4-methyl-heptanoate are reacted with 80 parts of oxygen in the course of 5 hours. 86 parts (61% of theory) of γ-methyl-γ-propyl-γ-butyrolactone (boiling point 117°-119° C./20 mbar) are obtained.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-74ae5217abac4d4da8efe56410f51ff2
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1982_04
Patent number
US04324727

Reaction notes

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