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Improved synthesis of γ-lactones from cyclopropyl cyanoesters
Patel, Nandini C.,Schwarz, Jacob B.,Islam, Khondaker,Miller, Whitney,Tran, Tuan P.,Wei, Yunjing
, p. 2209 - 2215 (2011)
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
