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2,6,10,14-Tetramethylpentadecane (Pristane) from Wool Wax

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THE saturated polyisoprenoid hydrocarbon, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane has previously boen shown to be a constituent of the liver oil of the basking shark (Selache maxima Gunnerus)1,2 and a probable constituent of several other elasmobranch fish oils3, sperm-whale liver4 and ambergris5. It has more recently been identified in a distillate from petroleum crude oils6.

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    JAMES D. MOLD, ROBERT K. STEVENS, RICHARD E. MEANS & JOHN M. RUTH

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MOLD, J., STEVENS, R., MEANS, R. et al. 2,6,10,14-Tetramethylpentadecane (Pristane) from Wool Wax. Nature 199, 283–284 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199283b0

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