2, 7-Octadienyl ethers of tri-and tetraethylene glycol (C8: 2E3 and C8: 2E4) have been synthesized by the atom-economical butadiene telomerization of the corresponding poly (ethylene glycols). On one hand, this synthetic path is attractive because it is expeditious and environmentally benign, and on the other hand, it provides unconventional amphiphiles for which the lipophilic chains possess two double bonds. These two unsaturations ...
