Novel synthesis of long-chain primary alkyl compounds

T Gibson, L Tulich

Index: Gibson, Thomas; Tulich, Linda Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1981 , vol. 46, # 9 p. 1821 - 1823

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Abstract

A method has been developed for the efficient laboratory-scale synthesis of long-chain compounds involving the metathesis of a-olefins to long-chain internal olefins, followed by hydrozirconation. The latter process gives the terminally substituted zirconium alkyl exclusively, which can be converted to a wide variety of functional groups. This paper deals exclusively with the formation of long-chain primary iodides.