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Isolation of candirone: a novel pentaoxygenation pattern in a naturally occurring 2-phenyl-4h-1-benzopyran-4-one from tephrosia candida

✍ Scribed by Virinder S. Parmar; Rajni Jain; Ole Simonsen; Per M. Boll


Book ID
104203030
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1987
Tongue
French
Weight
508 KB
Volume
43
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4020

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✦ Synopsis


Two flavones having very similar physical behaviour and spectral data have been isolated as minor constituents from the seeds of Tephrosia candida. Based upon a detailed and critical study of their mass spectra, extent of shifts in their UV spectra, X-ray diffraction studies, and preparation of their derivatives, the structures of these compounds have been established; one was found to be penduletin (1) and the other 5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3,6,8-trimethoxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (z), for which the name candirone is proposed. To the best of our knowledge the latter is a new compound and this type of oxygenaton pattern is not known earlier among natural flavones.