Description
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GBL is a lactone. It is hydrolyzed under basic conditions, for example in a sodium hydroxide solution into sodium gamma-hydroxybutyrate, the sodium salt of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. Under acidic conditions it forms an equilibrium mixture of both compounds. These compounds then may go on to form a polymer. When treated with a non-nucleophilic base, like lithium diisopropylamide, GBL can become an alpha-carbon nucleophile. The related compound caprolactone can be used to make a polyester in this manner.
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Oxolan-2-one
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| Other names
Dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one
GBL Butyrolactone 1,4-Lactone 4-Butyrolactone 4-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone |
Gamma-Butyrolactone (γ-butyrolactone or GBL) is a hygroscopic colorless liquid with a weak characteristic odor which is soluble in water. GBL is a common solvent and reagent in chemistry as well as being used as a flavoring, as a cleaning solvent, as a superglue remover, and as a solvent in some wet aluminum electrolytic capacitors. In humans it acts as a prodrug for GHB, and it is used as a recreational intoxicant with effects similar to alcohol.
