(2S)-5-Oxooxolane-2-carboxylic acid

(S)-alpha-hydroxyglutaric acid-gamma-lactone is a butan-4-olide obtained by formal intramolecular condensation between the 2-hydroxy and 4-carboxy groups of (S)-2-hydroxyglutaric acid It is a butan-4-olide and a monocarboxylic acid.