Malonic Acid → 15-Methylhexadec-2-enoic acid

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13-methyl-tetradecanaldehyde (56.5 g, 0.25 mole), malonic acid (26.5 g, 0.51 mole), and pyridine (30.8 ml, 0.374 mole) were added to a flask and refluxed with heating for 3 hours. After cooling down 30% sulfuic acid was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours under ice bath and then extracted by diethyl ether. Diethyl ether was removed by evaporation and product was subject to vacuum fractional distillation and 170–172° C./1.0 mmHg fraction was collected as 15-methyl-2-hexadecenoic acid (50.9 g, yield rate 76%).

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