SWIM was thinking of doing a THF>GBL synth as per https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/solventfree.kmno4.oxidation.pdf (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/solventfree.kmno4.oxidation.pdf)
and was wondering if any other bees had an experience with this as upon taking a gander @ 2mmol of THF in relation to ~4 grams of KMnO4 and CuSO4*5H2O it became apparent that the THF would be but a drop into a pile of macerated oxiderizer. Could anybee comment on whether this scale is wrong as SWIM was thinking of doing it 4mol THF to 1mol KMnO4 along the molar ratio lines and had a dream about the experiment that ended in him awaiting for an opportunity to distill and analyze the product. thank ye in advance.
If you want a variety of methods to GBL/GHB, try this:
Post 439780 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=9850.msg43978000#msg43978000)
(Aurelius: "Compilation on GHB/GBL", Methods Discourse)