Bioactive, chain-shortened EET metabolites, viz. 8,9-epoxytetradec-5(Z)-eno
ic acid and 9,10-epoxyoctadec-6(Z), 12(Z)-dienoic acid, were prepared via S
uzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings of n-alkylboronic acids with chiral vinyl iod
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