101086-24-2Relevant articles and documents
Improved synthesis of γ-lactones from cyclopropyl cyanoesters
Patel, Nandini C.,Schwarz, Jacob B.,Islam, Khondaker,Miller, Whitney,Tran, Tuan P.,Wei, Yunjing
experimental part, p. 2209 - 2215 (2011/07/07)
Cyclopropyl cyanoesters 2 were reliably converted to c-lactones 4 on treatment with aqueous sulfuric acid. The cyanoesters could be easily prepared from ketones or aldehydes in two steps, making this process particularly attractive from an efficiency standpoint. Copyright