%0 Journal Article
%T A Three Step Synthesis of 11-Cycloheptylundecanoic Acid, a Component of the Thermoacidophile Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus
%A Sham A. Hassarajani
%A Vasant R. Mamdapur
%J Molecules
%D 1998
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/30200041
%X A simple synthesis of the methyl ester of 11-cycloheptylundecanoic acid (1), isolated from the lipid fraction of the thermoacidofile, Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus has been developed. This involved regioselective Grignard coupling between cycloheptylmagnesium bromide and methyl 11-bromoundecanoate (2), prepared from 10- undecanoic acid.
%K Alicyclobacillus cycloheptanicus
%K Grignard coupling
%K regioselective reaction
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/3/2/41