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HRID 918259Generated: October 30, 2026

Phenol → [(1R,5S)-5-Hydroxycyclopent-2-en-1-yl]acetic acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenolHCID 996—
ReactantEthyl ortho-acetateHCID 86598186—
Product[(1R,5S)-5-Hydroxycyclopent-2-en-1-yl]acetic acidHCID 12813247—

Reaction Steps

In the same manner as described in Example 1 but using 0.5 part of phenol in place of the hydroquinone, 7 parts of unreacted ethyl orthoacetate was recovered and then 4.2 parts of the desired product, a lactone of cis-2-hydroxy-cyclopent-4-ene-1-acetic acid was obtained.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS03970673
Source datasetuspto-grants-1976_07
ORD IDord-36670f1655184ab0bbbbec30f7e23d1f
Source noteuspto-grants-1976_07