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Synthesis of racemic 9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid.

Chemistry and physics of lipids (1999-04-08)
N M Carballeira, A Sostre, J A Restituyo
ABSTRACT

The marine bacterial fatty acid 9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid was conveniently prepared in 6 steps and in a 22% overall yield, starting from commercially available methyl 10-hydroxydecanoate. The naturally occurring fatty acid has the E double bond configuration as confirmed by gas chromatographic co-elution experiments.

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Methyl 10-hydroxydecanoate, technical grade, ≥90%