Reacción #75018

Ecuación de reacción

potassium propionate

Styrene

→

alpha-methyl-gamma-phenyl butyrolactone

Rendimiento 50.0%

Disolventes

propionic acid

Condiciones de reacción

Tratamiento posterior

1. 1
   workup.WAITIn less than an hour

Procedimiento

Styrene in an amount of 2.1 grams and 11.65 grams of manganic acetate, Mn(C2H3O2)3.2H2O, comprising two equivalents of Mn+3 based on titration value, were refluxed under nitrogen in 200 milliliters of propionic acid containing 20 grams of potassium propionate. In less than an hour, a 50% yield of alpha-methyl-gamma-phenyl butyrolactone was obtained.

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