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UNUSUAL LONG CHAIN KETONES OF ALGAL ORIGIN
Rechka, J. A.,Maxwell, J. R.
, p. 2599 - 2600 (2007/10/02)
Recent reports have suggested the use of the relative abundances of long chain (n-C37) alken-2-ones (1,2, and 3) in Quaternary marine sediments as a palaeoclimate indicator.Here we report the synthesis of these ketones with all-E and all-Z stereochemistry.Use of the synthesised compounds has shown that the natural counterparts in the alga Emiliania huxleyi and in marine sediments have the unusual and unexpected E configuration.
