Solved: When 4-hydroxybutanoic acid is treated with an acid catalyst, it forms a
Chapter 18, Problem 17.38(choose chapter or problem)
When 4-hydroxybutanoic acid is treated with an acid catalyst, it forms a lactone(a cyclic ester). Draw the structural formula of this lactone and propose a mechanism forits formation.
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