title: Synthesis of racemic 9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid.
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.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931-3346. ncarball@upracd.upr.clu.edu
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Carballeira
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sostre
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Restituyo
mesh_terms: D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014733:Vibrio / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: C110329:9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated