Synthesis of a Series of Hydroxycarboxylic Acids as Standards for Oxidation of Nonanoic Acid

The synthesis of a series of nonanoic acids hydroxylated in terminal,ω-1,ω-2,ω-3 positions is described. These compounds will be employed as useful standards for the study of enzymatic and microbiological oxidation of nonanoic acid. [Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® for the following free supplemental resource(s): Full experimental and spectral details.]