Synthesis 2008(4): 527-536  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1032147
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Selective Synthesis of Diastereomeric Fluorinated Octadeca-2,4-dienoates and Octadeca-2,4-dien-1-ols

Gergana S. Nikolova, Günter Haufe*
Organisch-Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Corrensstraße 40, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Received 4 September 2007
Publikationsdatum:
31. Januar 2008 (online)

Abstract

A series of new methyl and ethyl octadeca-2,4-dienoates with one or two vinylic fluorine substituents in the 2- and/or 4-position­ and the corresponding alcohols were easily prepared by stereoselective Wittig-type reactions and subsequent reduction.