Linseed Acid → Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoyl chloride

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 1.000 g of 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid in 20 ml of dry chloroform at room temperature was added in the atmosphere of argon 0.50 ml of oxalyl chloride. The mixture was reacted for 2 hours. From the reaction mixture were removed the chloroform and the remaining oxalyl chloride by distillation. The 9,12,15-octadecatrienoyl chloride thus produced was again dissolved in 2 ml of dry chloroform.

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