Lipids. Part II. Total synthesis of ricinoleic acid

L Crombie, AG Jacklin

Index: Crombie; Jacklin Journal of the Chemical Society, 1955 , p. 1740,1746

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

(+)-12-Hydroxyoctadec-9-ynoic acid (ricinstearolic acid)(VII) is synthesised by a method which employs the bifunctional properties of propargyl bromide: in this way an yn-P-ol system is built up in the centre of a long chain. The acid is semihydrogenated to (j-)-12-