The structure and absolute configuration of fraxinellone, a biogenetically intriguing terpenoid from Dictamnus albus L.

Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/C29690000828

Abstract

The absolute configuration of fraxinellone has been established by means of an X-ray study on a bromo-derivative, and is consistent with the theory that the compound arises in Nature by degradation of a limonoid bitter principle.

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