Methacrylic Acid → gamma-Butyrolactone methacrylate

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A vessel was charged with 100 g of α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone and 104.4 g of methacrylic acid(2.0 times the molar amount of a-bromo-γ-butyrolactone). Then. methyl isobutyl ketone in a weight three times the weight of α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone was added thereto to form a solution. To the solution was added dropwise 183.6 g of triethylamine(3.0 times the molar amount of α-bromo-γ-butyrolactone), followed by stirring for about 10 hours at room temperature. After filtration, the resulting organic layer was washed with an aqueous solution of 5 wt % sodium bicarbonate and then washed with water twice. The organic layer was concentrated to obtain α-methacryloyloxy-γ-butyrolactone represented by the following formula.

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