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Synthesis of (±)-4-alkanolides from pent-4-enoic acid

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Synthesis of (±)-4-hexanolide, (±)-4-nonanolide, and (±)-4-dodecanolide, racemic forms of the insect signal substances, has been accomplished by cationic cyclization of pent-4-enoic acid and its amide in the key step.

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  1. N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation

    T. M. Ugurchieva, A. V. Lozanova, M. V. Zlokazov & V. V. Veselovsky

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Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 644–646, March, 2008.

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Ugurchieva, T.M., Lozanova, A.V., Zlokazov, M.V. et al. Synthesis of (±)-4-alkanolides from pent-4-enoic acid. Russ Chem Bull 57, 657–659 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-008-0103-y

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