Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1991, 56, 2199-2202
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19912199

Synthesis of (Z)-1,8- and (E)-1,8-pentadecadiene: Tumor inhibitors

Rakesh Vig, Arun Sabharwal and Jasvinder Singh*

Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India

Abstract

Syntheses of (Z)-1,8- and (E)-1,8-pentadecadienes have been achieved trough Wittig, Claisen ortho ester rearrangement and Li2CuCl4 catalysed coupling reactions.