“…The crude material was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (60 g) using hexane-ethyl acetate (100:8 v/v) as eluent to provide 2.31 g (8.73 mmol, 97% yield) of (9Z,12Z,-15Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrien-1-ol 2 as a colorless liquid. 1 H NMR: δ 0.99 (3H, t, J ) 7.6 Hz, CH3, C18), 1.26-1.38 (10H, m, CH2, C3-7), 1.56 (2H, quintet, J ) 7.2 Hz, CH2, C2), 1.67 (1H, br, OH), 2.03-2.12 (4H, m, CH2-Cd, C8,17), 2.80 (4H, t, J ) 6.0 Hz, dC-CH2-Cd, C11,14), 3.62 (2H, t, J ) 6.8 Hz, CH2-O, C1), 5.30-5.41 (6H, m, CHd ). 13 (11), 149 (7), 135 (15), 121 (20), 108 (49), 95 (52), 93 (50), 79 (100), 67 (60), 55 (37).…”