Benzaldehyde → 3-[Hydroxy(phenyl)methyl]oxan-2-one

HRID 2308581Notes

Reaction equation

[CH:1](=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[C:9]1(=[O:15])[O:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][CH2:10]1>>[OH:8][CH:1]([CH:10]1[CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][O:14][C:9]1=[O:15])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 240Benzaldehyde

HCID 10953Delta-Valerolactone

Product 1

HCID 201871113-[Hydroxy(phenyl)methyl]oxan-2-one

Procedure

Employing a procedure which is similar to that described in Example I, benzaldehyde is reacted with δ-valerolactone to produce 2-(1-hydroxy-1-phenylmethyl)-δ-valerolactone. ##STR8##

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-7393dd90ae7e41c4897aa46844ad9819
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1987_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04690157

Reaction notes

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