[sim123]

So in an attempt to save some money, I was thinking about synthesizing my own retin-A...if you look up the structure of Vitamin A1 and then retin-A/tretinoin you can see that the only big difference is that the alkene (carbon double-bond) at the end of the chain is carboxylated of vitamin A1. I haven't taken organic chemistry for some years and was wondering if anybody knows of a for-at-home-use reagent can be used to make that reaction go through. Is this crazy? Maybe...but is this possible?
Thanks!

[Dan]

1. Please read the Forum Rules, we will not help you make you own medicines because it is dangerous.

2. Generally speaking, you cannot reasonably expect to compete with industrial production. You will save more money by requesting bulk quotes from a few different suppliers.