p-Toluenesulfonic acid → methyl delta-hydroxy-2-(5-hydroxy-1E,3E-tridecadienyl)benzenepentanoate

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To 3ml of methanol is added 0.1g (0.21 mmol) of the titled product of Example 12 and 10mg of p-toluenesulfonic acid. The reaction mixture is heated to 55°C. for 3 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was flash chromatographed on silica gel column. Elution with 2:1 diethyl ether hexane produced 3 bands. The third band contained 0.30g of the titled products which was collected as fractions 8-18.

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