Discussion Sirice it his been reported that cr-cS. Llrio-y-lactoiie~ arc c. apable of coridensatiori with guanidine, urea, or i hiourca" arid: ire susecptible to re: irrangemeiit employing: I sodium allioxide salt lo or roncentr: itcd SH, OH to yield 2-amino-~- carboallioxydihydrofurnlii and"-nmirio-:~-carboxamidodihydrofuraIi~, respectively,: lttcnipts werc directed toward the preparatioii of ac, y: iriobutyrolactoiies of type 3. Reaction of 2a ...