Jasamrit Kaura, Irvinder Kaur, Sonu, Goverdhan L Kad & Jasvinder Singh* Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014, India a GGDSD College, Chandigarh 160 032, India ... E-mail: jasnayyar@yahoo.co.uk Received 25 May 2006; accepted (revised) 11 October 2007 ... The first total synthesis of two novel iso-branched heptadecenoic acids, the major components in a species of bacterium, Micrococcus, has ...