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Sterculic Acid and its Halphen Reaction

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THE structure of sterculic acid has recently been confirmed in this laboratory1 as (I), proposed by Nunn2, rather than as (II), suggested by Verma, Nath and Aggarwal3.

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FAURE, P. Sterculic Acid and its Halphen Reaction. Nature 178, 372–373 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178372c0

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