Patent ID: 6410763
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
A method for providing a purified conjugated fatty acid, comprising:providing a purified conjugated fatty acid formed by separating by liquid chromatography a conjugated fatty acid formed by reacting an ester of a fatty acid having a four carbon chain such that carbon one bears one hydrogen and one hydroxyl group, carbon two bears two hydrogen atoms, and a double bond is positioned between carbon three and carbon four, with a tosyl chloride or a mesyl chloride to form a tosylate or mesylate of an ester of fatty acid having a four carbon chain such that carbon one bears one hydrogen and one hydroxyl group, carbon two bears two hydrogen atoms, and a double bond is positioned between carbon three and carbon four, and reacting said tosylate or mesylate with diazabicyclo-undecene.