Sodium ethoxide → Ethyl 11-methylthio-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,4-dienoate

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Sodium ethoxide (prepared from 0.2 g. of sodium and 12 ml. of ethanol) is slowly added to a mixture of 1.1 g. of 7-methylthio-3,7-dimethyloctan-1-al, diethyl 3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-prop-2-enyl-phosphonate (1.6 g.) and 50 ml. of dimethylformamide, with stirring, under nitrogen, at 0°. The reaction is stirred for 1.5 hours after addition is complete and then worked up by extraction with ether to yield ethyl 11-methylthio-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,4-dienoate.

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