Water → HCID 57278514, compound

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Reaction Steps

Mercury diacetate (0.33 g, 1.03 mmol) was added to a solution of 4,8,13,17,21-pentamethyl-4,8,12,16,20-docosapentaen-1-ol (2.00 g, 5.17 mmol) in 50 ml of ethyl vinyl ether and the reaction refluxed overnight. The reaction was poured into 350 ml of water and extracted with ether. Theether extracts were washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. Removal of the ether in vacuo gave the crude material which was purified by flash chromatography usin9 95/5 (hexane/ethyl acetate), to give 1.69 g of 4,8,13,17,21-pentamethyl-4,8,11,16,20-docosapentaen-1-ol vinyl ether.

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