Reaktion #75025

Reaktionsgleichung

propionic acid

Octene-1

potassium propionate

→

alphamethyl-gamma-n-hexyl-butyrolactone

Reaktionsbedingungen

Vorschrift

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.

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