When treated with an acid catalyst, 4-hydroxybutanoic acid forms a cyclic ester (a lactone). Draw the structural formula of this lactone.

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When treated with an acid catalyst, 4-hydroxybutanoic acid forms a cyclic ester (a lactone). Draw the structural formula of this lactone.

 

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