Corey lactone diol is a gamma-lactone-containing diol featuring a five-membered cyclic ester and two adjacent hydroxyl groups. Its vicinal diol motif and lactone functionality confer distinct reactivity in organic transformations. As an API impurity, it arises via oxidative degradation pathways of parent pharmaceuticals. This compound serves as an HPLC reference standard for quantifying related impurities in drug substance analysis.
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