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Investigation of leaves of Melicope ptelefolia afforded 18 2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyrans, consisting of 14 new members, including one benzodipyran and four known compounds. Their structures were established by mass and NMR spectroscopy, especially NOE and HMBC experiments. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved

The investigation of the leaves of Melicope ptelefolia (Rutaceae) afforded, besides N-methylflindersine, two new bisquinolinone alkaloids named melicobisquinolinone A and B. Their structures were established by MS and NMR spectroscopy, especially NOE and HMBC experiments.

The crystal structure determinations of two crystalline components of the hexane extract of the fruit of the indigenous Australian tree Melicope ellyrana have shown them to be polymorphs of the same compound, namely the flavonoid 4′,5-di­hydroxy-3,3′,8-tri­methoxy-7-(3-methyl­but-2-enyl­oxy)­flavone [systematic name: 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxy­phenyl)-3,8-di­methoxy-7-(3-methyl­but-2-enyl­oxy)-4H-1-benzo­pyran-4-one], C23H24O8. The two polymorphs, one monoclinic (polymorph A) and the other triclinic (polymorph B), show significant conformational differences, particularly in the enyl­oxy side chain, while only one (polymorph A) shows intermolecular hydrogen bonding.