[brahmbhattviral]

i am a medical doctor and very much lack detailed chemistry knowledge. in my work however i have run into a problem wherein i need to synthesize deuterated 2-hexadecenal. Does anybody know of an easy way of synthesizing this compound. Also i already have the compound 2-chlorohexadecanal available with me, hence if there's a way to change 2-chlorohexdecanal to 2-hexadecenal that would work too. thanks

[AWK]

This is simple elimination of HClwith use of strong base but the method can produce mixture of two alkenes (without deuterium) Introducing deuterium, especially in specific position is a quite hard task.