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Stereoselective synthesis of conjugated all-trans-tetraenes. Application to the synthesis of β-parinaric acid methyl ester

G Solladié, C Kalaï, M Adamy, F Colobert

Index: Solladie, Guy; Kalai, Chakib; Adamy, Marc; Colobert, Francoise Tetrahedron Letters, 1997 , vol. 38, # 39 p. 6917 - 6920

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Abstract

in this paper is reported the stereoselective synthesis of all-trans-tetraenes by reductive elimination of 1, 8-dibenzoate-2, 4, 6-trienes with sodium amalgam. The method was applied to the syntheses of 4E, 6E, 8E, 10E-heptatetraene and β—parinaric acid methyl ester.