Sociedade Brasileira de Química, SBQ, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 6(19), p. 1125-1128, 2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-50532008000600011
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A new synthesis of oct-7-enal, a naturally-occurring unsaturated aldehyde isolated from the Japanese thistle Cirsium dipsacolepis, is reported. The natural product was prepared in five steps and with good overall yield from pentane-1,5-diol.