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α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone

97%

Synonym(s):

alpha-Methylene-gamma-butyrolactone, 3-Methylenedihydro-2(3H)-furanone, Tulipane

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H6O2
CAS Number:
547-65-9
Molecular Weight:
98.10
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24853566
MDL number:
MFCD00005407
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
107939
Assay:
97%
Form:
liquid

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InChI

1S/C5H6O2/c1-4-2-3-7-5(4)6/h1-3H2

SMILES string

C=C1CCOC1=O

InChI key

GSLDEZOOOSBFGP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

assay

97%

form

liquid

contains

~2% 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol as stabilizer

Quality Level

200

bp

86-88 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble(lit.)

density

1.119 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Application

α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone (Tulipane) was used to develop optically active spiro-[butyrolactone-pyrrolidine] via Cu(I)-catalyzed exo-selective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides.

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GHS02,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

flash_point_f

98.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

37 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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BCCK6710
BCCH7873
BCCG7008
BCCC9019
BCBZ5322

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Qing-Hua Li et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(83), 9642-9644 (2013-09-12)
An expedient access to optically active spiro-[butyrolactone-pyrrolidine] was successfully developed via an unprecedented Cu(I)-catalyzed exo-selective 1,3-DC of azomethine ylides with α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone, which exhibited high diastereoselectivity (>98 : 2), excellent enantioselectivity (96->99% ee) and a broad substrate scope under mild conditions.
Joëlle Moïse et al.
Organic letters, 9(9), 1695-1698 (2007-04-05)
[reaction: see text] Olefin cross-metathesis between alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone and terminal olefins is described. Moderate to excellent yields of alpha-alkylidene-gamma-butyrolactones were obtained with high E-stereoselectivity in the presence of low catalyst loading in refluxing CH2Cl2. In addition, the use of various additives
Taiji Nomura et al.
Plant physiology, 159(2), 565-578 (2012-04-05)
Tuliposides, the glucose esters of 4-hydroxy-2-methylenebutanoate and 3,4-dihydroxy-2-methylenebutanoate, are major secondary metabolites in tulip (Tulipa gesneriana). Their lactonized aglycons, tulipalins, function as defensive chemicals due to their biological activities. We recently found that tuliposide-converting enzyme (TCE) purified from tulip bulbs
Fernando Torres et al.
Cancer letters, 269(1), 139-147 (2008-06-03)
In this study, we investigated the effect of three synthetic alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactones (MBL) on viability of 10 human tumor cell lines and found that these lactones were highly cytotoxic against leukemia cells. Studies performed on HL-60 cells indicate that MBL induce
T Patrick Montgomery et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(27), 11100-11103 (2012-06-28)
Upon exposure of acrylic ester 1 to alcohols 2a-i in the presence of a cyclometalated iridium catalyst modified by (-)-TMBTP, catalytic C-C coupling occurs, providing enantiomerically enriched 5-substituted α-exo-methylene γ-butyrolactones 3a-i. Bromination of the methylene butyrolactone products followed by zinc-mediated
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