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Journal of Chemical Research

From January 2000, the monthly Journal of Chemical Research has been owned and published by Science Reviews Ltd.




Paper

J. Chem. Res. (S), 1999, 104 - 105, DOI: 10.1039/a807074a


A Key Intermediate towards Oxylipins. A Formal Synthesis of (12S)-HETE and (12S)-LTB4

Abdelhamid Benkouider and Patrick Pale


A key intermediate in the synthesis of various oxylipins, the optically active (3S,5Z)-3-methoxymethoxyundec-5-en-1-yne, has been obtained in 11 steps starting from propane-1,3-diol, with an overall yield of 14%.