Mendelsohn, Naomi2017-11-012017-11-0119591959b14708206https://hdl.handle.net/2144/24511Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityIn connection with the work involving fatty acids containing "skipped" unsaturation i.e. unsaturation separated by a single saturated atom, the preparation and examination of 2,5-decadiynoic acid, CH3(CH2)3CCH2CCCOOH was undertaken. A standard was of synthesizing 2,B-unsaturated acetylenic acids is by the carbonation of the Grignard derivative of the necessary acetylenic compound i.e. [truncated]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.Thesis/Dissertation