Synthetic studies of archaeal macrocyclic tetraether lipids—a versatile approach to desmethylated analogues of the 72-membered macrocycle dibiphytanyldiglycerol
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- No. 3,p. 365-366
- https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960000365
Abstract
The regioisomeric desmethylated analogues of the archaeal tetraether lipid featuring its 72-membered ring are synthesized with McMurry coupling as a key step.Keywords
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