Lactones. 2. Enthalpies of hydrolysis, reduction, and formation of the C4-C13 monocyclic lactones. Strain energies and conformations

KB Wiberg, RF Waldron

Index: Wiberg, Kenneth B.; Waldron, Roy F. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991 , vol. 113, # 20 p. 7697 - 7705

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Abstract: The enthalpies of hydrolysis of the monocyclic lactones from y-butyrolactone to tridecanolactone were determined calorimetrically, and the acyclic ethyl esters having the same number of atoms were studied in the same fashion. The enthalpies of reduction of the lactones to the corresponding a, w-alkanediols with lithium triethylborohydride also were determined. The enthalpies of formation of the lactones and the ethyl esters were derived ...