rannyfash
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octadec-9-ene
how else would i produce octadec-9-ene from oleic acid using a reducing agent other than LiAlH4 with one or multiple steps??
[Edited on 2-5-2012 by rannyfash]
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Wouldn't LAH yield the alcohol rather than the alkene?
Anyway, reduction of carboxylic acids to the corresponding alkanes is hard and I think you should find some other way of doing whatever it is you're
trying to do.
In theory though: diborane in ether to yield the alcohol, then maybe the Barton-McCombie reaction to reduce the alcohol to the alkene? But I suspect
that the double bond in the alkene is going to be attacked somewhere along the line.
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rannyfash
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its a shame really  , guess im going to have to make some LiAlH4 myself
[Edited on 2-5-2012 by rannyfash]
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