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THE molecular structure of sphingosin (I) has been established with reasonable certainty by degradation1 and by the synthesis of the dihydro derivative2. Concerning the spatial structure, however, no more can be inferred at present from the available data of optical rotations than that the compound would seem to belong to the D-(−)amino carboxylic acid series3.
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FODOR, G., KISS, J. Trans-Ethylenic Structure of Sphingosin. Nature 171, 651–652 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171651b0
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