When ethyl 4-hydroxybutyrate is heated in the presence of a trace of a basic catalyst
Chapter 21, Problem PROBLEM 21-12(choose chapter or problem)
When ethyl 4-hydroxybutyrate is heated in the presence of a trace of a basic catalyst (sodiumacetate), one of the products is a lactone. Propose a mechanism for formation of this lactone.
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