Abstract A synthesis of twelve heteroanalogues II-XIII of the plant growth stimulator 1- triacontanol (I), derived from the parent alcohol by a replacement of 1-4 methylene units by heteroatoms O, S, NH and/or by a replacement of 1-2 ethylene units by-CO-O-,-CO-NH-or epoxy groups is reported. Spectral and gas-chromatographic properties (Kováts retention indices) of the compounds are described.