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THE recent publication1 of a new method for the synthesis of the naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids, by way of the analogous acetylenic compounds, prompts an early report of similar work carried out in these laboratories employing the following route :
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BOWMAN, R. Synthesis of Erucic and Brassidic Acids. Nature 163, 95 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163095a0
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