Syntheses of deuterium-labelled pristani
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D.W. Johnson; A. Poulos
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Article
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1988
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The syntheses of tetradeuterated pristanic and phytanic acids, suitable for isotope dilution quantitation of pristanic and phytanic acids in plasma, is described. The key reaction, a Favorsky rearrangement, which simultaneously generates a methyl branch and incorporates deuterium, should be suitable