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Problem 12P

When ethyl 4-hydroxybutyrate is heated in the presence of a trace of a basic catalyst (sodium acetate), one of the products is a lactone. Propose a mechanism for formation of this lactone.

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QUESTION:

Problem 12P

When ethyl 4-hydroxybutyrate is heated in the presence of a trace of a basic catalyst (sodium acetate), one of the products is a lactone. Propose a mechanism for formation of this lactone.

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Here we have to propose a mechanism for formation of this lactone from the heating of ethyl 4-hydroxybutyrate with sodium acetate

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