| abstract |
Process for the preparation of hydroxylated or carbonylated organic compounds, carrying 2 or 3 double bonds in a hydrocarbon chain with more than 5 carbon atoms; a cyclic diene, carrying alkyl branches, is subjected to cross metathesis with a branched olefin, so as to produce a linear diene or / and triene, after which this diene or / and triene are hydroxylated by the action of formaldehyde. |