Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 58381686, compound

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Ethyl 2-((3Z,6Z,9Z,12Z)-pentadeca-3,6,9,12-tetraenylthio)butanoate (14.1 g, 40.2 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (200 mL) and added a solution of LiOH×H2O (13.5 g, 322 mmol) in water (50 mL). The resulting turbid solution was stirred at 70° C. under inert atmosphere for 90 minutes, cooled, added water (100 mL) and 3M HCl until pH=2. The mixture was extracted three times with heptane (100 mL each). The combined organic extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 11.8 g (91% yield) of the title compound as oil.

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