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HRID 894946Generated: October 29, 2026

Propionic Acid → Alphamethyl-gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactone

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPropionic AcidHCID 1032—
Reactant1-OcteneHCID 8125—
ReactantPotassium propionateHCID 23663619—
CatalystManganese(3+)HCID 105130—
ProductAlphamethyl-gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactoneHCID 12648626—

Reaction Steps

Octene-1 in an amount of 2.24 g. and 11.65 g. of manganic acetate, Mn(C2H3O2)3. 2H2O, (comprising two equivalents of Mn+3 based on titration value), were refluxed under nitrogen in 200 ml. propionic acid containing 20 g. potassium propionate. In less than an hour a good yield of alphamethyl-gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactone was obtained.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04285868
Source datasetuspto-grants-1981_08
ORD IDord-3b17b788f53a4aaebed07b8d9113abd1
Source noteuspto-grants-1981_08