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First efficient synthesis of (±)-erythro-roccellic acid
Mangaleswaran,Argade
, p. 1764 - 1766 (2001)
An easy, four-step route to (±)-erythro-2-dodecyl-3-methylbutanedioic acid (roccellic acid, 9) with 60% overall yield has been described. Wittig reaction of the citraconimide-TPP adduct with dodecanal furnished the mixture of (E)- and (Z)-isomers 3 and 4,
