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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 34, 2004 - Issue 24
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Original Articles

Superoxide Ion Induced Oxidation of γ‐Lactones to γ‐Ketocarboxylic Acids

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Pages 4471-4475 | Received 06 Sep 2004, Published online: 10 Jan 2011
 

Abstract

γ‐Ketocarboxylic acids have been achieved in reasonably good yield from their corresponding lactones under the significantly mild reaction conditions of in situ generated tetraethylammonium superoxide.

Acknowledgment

The authors are thankful to All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi for financial support.

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