Synthesis of (Z)-1, 8-and (E)-1, 8-pentadecadiene: Tumor inhibitors

R Vig, A Sabharwal, J Singh

Index: Vig, Rakesh; Sabharwal, Arun; Singh, Jasvinder Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1991 , vol. 56, # 10 p. 2199 - 2202

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Abstract

Echinacea angustifolia DC. at one time had a reputation for antiseptic and analgetic properties' to various Indian tribes of Nebraska. Voaden and Jacobson2 have isolated a constituent of the root oil of Echinacea angustifolia DC. and E. pallida (NuTT.) and identified it as (Z)-1,8- pentadecadiene and its trans-isomer. Literature2'3 records a few syntheses of I and VII. We wish to report herein a simple and straight forward syntheses off and VII. Octenaldehyde II on ...