Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Useful direct conversion of tetrahydropyranyl ethers of fatty alcohols into fatty acids

R Gruiec, N Noiret, H Patin

Index: Gruiec, Regine; Noiret, Nicolas; Patin, Henri Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1995 , vol. 72, # 9 p. 1083 - 1085

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Abstract

Abstract Tetrahydro-2-pyranyl ethers from fatty primary alcohols can be converted in a one- step procedure into the corresponding carboxylic acids in high yields. This process avoids the synthesis of symmetrical esters, particularly for long-chain compounds. This reaction proved to be useful, for instance, to produce polyunsaturated fatty acids immediately before their biological testing.