Selachyl alcohol is n-a-oleyl glycerol ether.l The present authors were able to prove its configuration in 1941 (I), and attempted its synthesis in 1944, in cooperation with Leon J. Rubin (2). In analogy to the syntheses of batyl alcohol and chimyl alcohol (I), the sodium salt of L(-)-acetone glycerol was combined with oleyl-p-toluenesulfonate.
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