Docosanedioic acid

Docosanedioic acid is a dicarboxylic acid with the linear formula.

Uses

Docosanedioic acid finds uses in organic chemistry and is a starting material for ultrasound contrast agents. It is also used to produce the fluffy white solid 1,22-docosanediol, which in turn is a precursor to 1,22-bis-2-ethylphospatyldocosane, a phosphocholine derivative with antifungal activity.

Synthesis

Disodium 7,16-diketodocosanedioate is reacted with triethanolamine, hydrazine hydrate, potassium hydroxide and a little hydrochloric acid to afford docosanedioic acid via a Wolff–Kishner reduction.
Alternately, 2,5-bisthiophene is desulfurized with Raney nickel to afford docosanedioic acid.
It can also be produced through oxidative coupling of 10-undecynoic acid to docosa-10,12-diynedoic acid and reduction of this intermediate with a palladium catalyst.