“…The reaction was cooled to room temperature and 9 equiv of KO-t-Bu was added, and the reaction was refluxed for 1 h. Workup as before gave the olefins. 5-Butyltetradec-5-ene (21). Title compound produced in 19% yield: nD20 1.4495; NMR 5.17 (t, 1 H, J = 7.0 Hz), 2.21-1.70 (m, 6 ), 1.26 (bs, 20 ), 1.05-0.73 (m, 9 H); 13C NMR 139.5, 124.8, 36.8, 32.0, 30.9, 30.6, 30.3, 29.8, 29.6, 29.4, 27.8, 23.0, 22.8, 22.6,14.1; MS, 252 (25), 55 (100).…”