1. Terpenoids—LXII
- Author
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M.L. Maheshwari, Sasanka Chandra Bhattacharyya, and K.R. Varma
- Subjects
chemistry.chemical_classification ,Ketone ,biology ,Stereochemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Carbon skeleton ,Agarwood ,engineering.material ,biology.organism_classification ,Sesquiterpene ,Biochemistry ,Terpenoid ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,law ,Agarospirol ,Drug Discovery ,engineering ,Aquilaria ,Organic chemistry ,Essential oil - Abstract
Degradative studies and physical measurements supported by an unambiguous synthesis of the derived ketone (XVa) have led to the assignment of a novel spiro-skeleton to agarospirol (Ia), a sesquiterpene alcohol isolated from the essential oil of infected agarwood (Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.). The corresponding carbon skeleton (VI) has been named agarospirane. Agarospirol is the second spiro-terpenoid to be isolated from Nature. The most probable stereochemistry of agarospirol appears to be as in XXXIX.
- Published
- 1965