10.13- Dimethyltetradecanoic acid

The first synthesis for the 10,13-dimethyltetradecanoic acid (3), a fatty acid first identified in the sponge Ectyoplasia ferox [8], was also recently accomplished [7]. This synthesis began with commercially available 9-bromo-l-nonanol, which upon reaction with triphenylphosphine resulted... 

Wallace, P.A., andD.E. Minnikin, Synthesis of Racemic 2,4-Dimethyltetradecanoic Acid from. Mycobacterium kansasii, Chem. Phys. Lipids 82 141—146 (1996). 

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