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Fig. 3

From: Synthesis of γ-hydroxy-α-(arylmethyl)carboxylic acids from lactones: pathway to a structural motif derived from lactic acid and amino acid analogs?

Fig. 3

Formation of γ-butyrolactone from sodium 4-hydroxybutanoate (5). a Synthesis of 5 from γ-butyrolactone and recovery of the lactone after acidification. b 1H NMR spectra of 5 (bottom), after addition of HCl (pH = 3) directly after the addition and after 10 days, 1H NMR of the reaction product obtained after extraction of the water phase with chloroform and pure γ-butyrolactone (top). All spectra measured in D2O

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