318. Studies in the polyene series. Part XLVI. The synthesis of o-tolyl and mesityl analogues of vitamin A acid

KR Bharucha, BCL Weedon

Index: Bharucha; Weedon Journal of the Chemical Society, 1953 , p. 1571,1576

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Abstract

Syntheses of the o-tolyl and mesityl analogues of vitamin A acid have been achieved. When these analogues were fed as their crystalline methyl esters to rats, the o-tolyl compound showed no biological activity, whereas the mesityl compound exhibited slight but definite