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Science 30 August 1985:
Vol. 229. no. 4716, pp. 862 - 864
DOI: 10.1126/science.3927485
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Science, Vol 229, Issue 4716, 862-864
Copyright © 1985 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Stereostructure of the archaebacterial C40 diol

CH Heathcock, BL Finkelstein, T Aoki, and CD Poulter

The stereostructure of the archaebacterial C40 diol has been established as (3R,7R,11R,15S,18S,22R,26R,30R)-3,7,11,15,18,22,26,30- octamethyldotriacontane-1,32-diol by stereorational total synthesis. This provides the final evidence necessary to establish the structure of an archaebacterial membrane substance that is a 72-membered-ring tetraether with 18 stereocenters.


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