Table 3.

The conversion (according to GC) of ketones 1, 3 and 5 to corresponding lactones in different DES medium.

mDES from Table1	Time days	Conversion (%)						Control reactionsa
		Ketone 1	Lactone 2	Ketone 3	Lactone 4	Ketone 5	Lactone 6	Ketone 1,3,5	Lactone 2,4,6
7	1	59.8	40.1	73.2	26.8	88.6	11.4	100	0
	2	11.1	88.9	9.9	90.1	47.6	52.4	100	0
	3	1.0	99.0	0.9	99.1	7.9	92.1	100	0
	6	0	100	0	100	0	100	100	0
8	1	26.0	74.0	41.7	58.3	68.1	31.9	100	0
	2	2.0	98.0	8.7	91.3	15.8	84.2	100	0
	3	1.9	98.1	5.0	95.0	9.3	90.7	100	0
	6	1.3	98.7	4.7	95.3	7.0	93.0	100	0
9	1	25.7	74.3	65.1	34.9	60.2	39.8	100	0
	2	18.3	81.7	36.0	64.0	31.4	68.6	100	0
	3	16.5	83.5	22.8	77.2	29.1	70.9	100	0
	6	12.1	87.9	19.1	80.9	28.0	72.0	100	0
10	1	97.4	2.6	95.4	4.5	95.0	5.0	100	0
	2	94.0	6.0	94.9	5.1	95.8	4.2	100	0
	3	94.0	6.0	92.5	7.5	95.5	4.5	100	0
	6	76.4	23.6	91.9	8.1	94.4	5.6	100	0
11	1	10.7	89.3	35.2	64.8	49.1	50.9	100	0
	2	9.4	90.6	16.2	83.8	33.8	66.2	100	0
	3	6.8	93.2	14.6	85.4	29.4	70.6	100	0
	6	3.6	96.4	7.4	92.6	21.3	78.7	100	0

^aControl reactions were carried out by excluding respectively lipase, octanoic acid and oxidant from the reaction mixture.