A short and efficient synthesis of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919809458708

2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one (3), a volatile constituent of the aroma complex of roasted coffee, is efficiently prepared in satisfactory yield (55,2%) by oxidative hydroxylation of the 2-acetylbutyrolactone (4).

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A Short and Efficient
Synthesis of 2-
Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-
One
a
Valentine Ragoussis , Dimitrios J. Lagouvardos
b
b
&
Nikitas Ragoussis
a
Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of
Organic Chemistry, University of Athens,
Panepistimiopolis Zographou, 157 71, Athens,
Greece
b
VIORYL S.A., Research Department, Kato
Kifissia, 145 64, Athens, Greece
Published online: 11 Mar 2009.
To cite this article: Valentine Ragoussis , Dimitrios J. Lagouvardos & Nikitas
Ragoussis (1998): A Short and Efficient Synthesis of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-
One, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 28:22, 4273-4278
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