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ATTENTION was recently directed1 to the production of considerable amounts of methoxy-substituted fatty acids as artefacts during the esterification of unsaturated fatty acids with methanol containing about 50 per cent of boron trifluoride.
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Lough, A. K., Biochem. J., 90, 4, C (1964).
Metcalfe, L. D., and Schmitz, A. A., Anal. Chem., 33, 363 (1961).
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LOUGH, A. Use of Methanol containing Boron Trifluoride for the Esterification of Unsaturated Fatty Acids. Nature 202, 795 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202795a0
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