The synthesis of 4-2H-α-farnesene and 1-
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Simon Fielder; Daryl D. Rowan; Peter F. Reay
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract α‐Farnesene deuterated at C1 or C4 was synthesised by regiospecific deuteration of 2‐geranyl‐3‐methylsulpholene (2). Treatment of (2) with butyl lithium in dimethylpropenylurea (DMPU) mediated THF resulted in deprotonation at C2. Quenching with D~2~O/CH~3~CO~2~D gave a mixture of deuter