Facile synthesis of (Z)-tetracos-5-enoic acid and racemic cis-4-(2-octadecylcyclopropane-1-yl)-butanoic acid

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Coxon, Geoffrey D ^a   Douglas, James D ^a   Minnikin, David E ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkene stereochemistry; Cyclopropane rings; Fatty acids; Mycolic acids; Wittig reaction

Indexed keywords

1 EICOSENE; 4 (2 OCTADECYLCYCLOPROPAN 1 YL)BUTANOIC ACID; 4 CARBOXYBUTYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM BROMIDE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECANE; EPOXIDE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PERIODIC ACID; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRACOS 5 ENOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYCLOPROPANATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0142059079     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(03)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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