Mk. Choudhury, SYNTHESIS OF ETHER BETAINE LIPIDS - ,3-DIPROPIONYLOXYPROPYL)-N,N,N-TRIMETHYLHOMOSERINE, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (5), 1995, pp. 157
3-Dipropionyloxypropyl)-N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine, an artificial homol
ogue of the naturally occurring lipid DGTS, has been synthesized in 8%
overall yield via a nine-step sequence starting from ethylene glycol.