Kiani, Daniyal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-3007
Eaglesfield, Ross https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8490-1476
May, James H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-9106
Werner, Allison Z. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7147-2863
Chen, Eugene Y.-X. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7512-3484
Román-Leshkov, Yuriy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-4233
Pagán-Torres, Yomaira J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-7058
Beckham, Gregg T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-212X
Article History
Accepted: 1 September 2025
First Online: 22 October 2025
Competing interests
: Several of the authors have filed patent applications on chemo-catalytic lactone production, but the specific technology is not discussed herein. D.K. and G.T.B. are inventors on a patent application (US patent application no. 63/790,923) that covers lactone production from diols. J.H.M., E.Y.-X.C., and G.T.B. are inventors on a patent application (US patent application no. 63/843,527) that covers β-lactone production. Y.R.-L. is an inventor on a patent application (US patent application no. 19/279,265) that covers a continuous method for producing lactones.