CAS 2390-09-2: cis-11-Eicosenoic acid methyl ester

Methyl cis-11-eicosenoate is a fine chemical that has been used in research as a building block, reagent, and speciality chemical. It is also a versatile scaffold for the design of complex molecules with interesting biological activities. Methyl cis-11-eicosenoate can be obtained by reacting 1,2-dihydroxypropene with potassium hydroxide in an alcoholic solution at 0°C.

Applications Methyl cis-11-Eicosenoate is used as a reagent in the synthesis of unsaturated acyl glycerols for in-meso crystallization of membrane proteins. Also used as a reagent in the synthesis of (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure) which is an insect pheromone used as a pesticide. References Fu, Y., et al.: Synlett, 6, 809 (2011); Dhillon, R.S., et al.: Indian J. Chem. B, 34B, 718 (1995)

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