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Lactones are often obtained by carbonylation reactions closely related to the acyclic ester syntheses described in the previous chapter. Although only limited data are available for carbonylative routes to four- and six-membered lactone rings, the preparation of five-membered (γ) lactones has been one of the most intensively studied areas of carbonylation chemistry in recent years. Palladium catalysis in particular has provided a number of extremely clean and facile syntheses, including routes to a wide range of α-methylene-γ-lactones.
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Colquhoun, H.M., Thompson, D.J., Twigg, M.V. (1991). Synthesis of Lactones. In: Carbonylation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9576-9_9
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