The synthesis of specifically labelled 9-d-9-octylheptadecane (1) and
9-d-9,10-dioctyloctadecane (2) has been achieved using selective and s
pecific deuterium labelling methods. The precursor to the latter compo
und, tetraoctyl ethene, has been achieved by a variant of the McMurry
reaction which improves upon recently published methods.