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It has been found that in the autooxidation of vitamin D2 in an aqueous medium substances of peroxide and carbonyl nature are formed. The main nonpolar products are the C21 aldehyde (Heilbron) and 7a-methyl-1-(1′,4′,6′-trimethylhex-2′-en-1′-yl)hydrind-3a-ene-3a-carbaldehyde.
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Institute of Nutrition, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 480–484, July–August, 1971.
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Kozhina, Z.P., Bogoslovskii, N.A., Spirichev, V.B. et al. A study of the products of the autooxidation of vitamin D I. Nonpolar products of the oxidative degradation of vitamin D2 . Chem Nat Compd 7, 456–459 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564738
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