The condensation of ethyl cyanoacetate (I) with farnesylacetone (II) by means of acetic acid ammonium acetate in refluxing benzene gives ethyl 2-cyano-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-6,10,14-hexadecatrienoate (III), which is decarbo-xylated with NaOH in propylene glycol at room temperature yielding 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-6,10,14-hexadecatrienonitrile (IV). The hydrolysis of (IV) with KOH in propylene glycol water at 130 C affords 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-6,10,14-hexa-decatrienoic acid (V), which is finally condensed with morpholine (VI) by means of ethyl chlorocarbonate (VII) and triethylamine in THF.