1-Octene → Gamma-Decalactone

HRID 894945Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 894945 reaction equation
[CH3:1][CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][CH:7]=[CH2:8].[C:9]([O-:12])(=[O:11])[CH3:10].[K+]>C(O)(=O)C>[CH2:6]([CH:7]1[O:12][C:9](=[O:11])[CH2:10][CH2:8]1)[CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][CH3:1]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 81251-OcteneHCID 517044Potassium Acetate

Product 1

HCID 12813Gamma-DecalactoneYield 48%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

Octene-1 in an amount of 2.2 g. and 23.6 g. of ceric ammonium nitrate, Ce(NH4)2 (NO3)6, were refluxed under nitrogen in 200 ml. glacial acetic acid containing 60 g. potassium acetate for less than 0.5 hour, there being obtained a 48% yield of gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactone.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d3b422afcd654766adc972a2936b49dd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1981_08
Patent number
US04285868

Reaction notes

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