Ahmad-Strong synthesis of 8-, 9-, and 10-pentadecynoic acids

Three pentadecynoic acids, with the triple bond in the 8-, 9-, and 10-positions, have been synthesized on a gram scale in over-all yield of 65% by refinements of the five-step Ahmad-Strong method; isolation of intermediates was shown to be unnecessary prior to purification of the acetylenic nitriles...

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Main Authors: David R. Howton, Robert A. Stein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1969-11-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520430226