Abstract
The 4-hydroxy-2-butenolide was established by polarographic method to undergo in water solutions fast tautomeric and acid-base transformations. Depending on pH of the medium the compound is present either as a cyclic irreducible form (at pH 0-4) or in the open-chain (carbonyl-containing) reducible forms (at pH > 4 and < 0). It is presumed that in going from the basic to strongly acidic medium and backwards occur consecutive equilibrium transitions of four species: cis-β-formylacrylic acid anion (A-), its neutral molecule (HA) existing as linear and cyclic tautomers, and protonated forms (H2A+ and H3A+). The formation mechanism thereof is considered.
Similar content being viewed by others
REFERENCES
Poskonin, V.V., Yakovlev D.N., Kovardakov V.A., and Badovskaya, L.A., Zh. Org. Khim. 1999, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 744-749.
Poskonin, V.V., Badovskaya L.A., Gavrilova S.P., and Kul'nevich, V.G., Zh. Org. Khim. 1989, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 1701-1706.
Poskonin, V.V., Sarkisyan A.V., Grunskaya E.P., and Badovskaya L.A., Khimiya i khimicheskaya tekhnologiya (Chemistry and Chemical Technology), Krasnodar, 1996, pp. 61-67.
Hellstrom, E.N.E., Kungl. Lantsbrukshogskolans 1957, vol. 23, pp. 519-529.
Schroeter, S.H., Appel R., Brammer R., and Schenk, G.O., Lieb. Ann. 1966, vol. 697, no. 1, pp. 42-61.
Valter, R.E., Usp. Khim. 1973, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1088-1103.
Kuzovnikova, I.A., Badovskaya, L.A., Tur'yan, Ya.I., and Kul'nevich, V.G., Khim. Geterotsikl. Soed. 1974, no. 6, pp. 737-742.
Kuzovnikova, I.A., Badovskaya, L.A., Tur'yan, Ya.I., and Kul'nevich, V.G., Zh. Analit. Khim. 1989, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1349-1353.
Stradyn' Ya.P., Teraud, V.V., and Shimanskaya, M.V., Izv. Akad. Nauk Latv. SSR 1964, no. 5, pp. 547-558.
Mairanovskii, S.G., Stradyn' Ya.P., and Bezuglyi, V.D., Polyarografiya v organicheskoi khimii (Polarography in Organic Chemistry), Leningrad: Khimiya, 1975.
Kul'nevich, V.G. and Badovskaya, L.A., Usp. Khim. 1975, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 1256-1279.
Kuzovnikova, I.A., Cand. Sci. (Chem.) Dissertation Krasnodar, 1975.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Strizhov, N.K., Poskonin, V.V., Badovskaya, L.A. et al. Investigation in the Series of Substituted Butan- and Butenolides: XV. Transformations of 4-Hydroxy-2-butenolide in Water Media at Various pH Values. Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry 38, 251–255 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015578003374
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015578003374