A sesquiterpene polyester from Euonymus tanakae

• Published in: Phytochemistry (Oxford) Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 230 - 232
• Main Authors: Ueda, Katsuhiro, Matayoshi, Naoko, Mori, Iwao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 1993; Elsevier
• Subjects: batakanine; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biological and medical sciences; Celastraceae; chemical constituents of plants; Chemical constitution; chemical structure; esters; Euonymus; Euonymus tanakae; fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; furans; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Plant physiology and development; Plant Sciences; Science & Technology; sesquiterpene polyester; sesquiterpenoids; spectral analysis; structure elucidation; β-dihydroagarofuran; sesquiterpene polyester; structure elucidation; β-dihydroagarofuran; Celastraceae; Euonymus tanakae; CELASTRACEAE; SESQUITERPENE POLYESTER; BETA-DIHYDROAGAROFURAN; STRUCTURE ELUCIDATION; EUONYMUS-TANAKAE; Fruit; Molecular structure; Dicotyledones; Sesquiterpenes; Angiospermae; Ester polymer; Isolation; Spermatophyta

A new sesquiterpene polyester named batakanine has been isolated from unripe fruits of Euonymus tanakae Maxim. The structure has been elucidated by spectral and chemical means as 2β,6α-diacetoxy-9α-benzoyloxy-1β- cinnamoyloxy-4α-hydroxy-β-dihydroagarofuran.