The alkali fusion reactions of 12-oxo-, 7-oxo-, and 2-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid have been investigated. The formation of 2-(5-carboxypentyl)cyclohexanecarboxylic acids on alkali fusion of aleuritic acid (9,10,16-trihydroxyhexadecanoic acid) has been established and rationalised in terms of the known reactions of the appropriate mono- and di-hydroxycarboxylic acids.
M. F. Ansell, D. J. Redshaw and B. C. L. Weedon, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1971, 1846 DOI: 10.1039/J39710001846
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