The Structure and the Stereochemistry of Solidagonic Acid

• Published in: Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 812 - 820
• Main Authors: Kusumoto, Shoichi, Okazaki, Tomomi, Ohsuka, Akio, Kotake, Munio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Chemical Society of Japan 01.03.1969; Chemical Society of Japan

A new bitter principle, solidagonic acid C22H34O4, was isolated from the root of Solidago altissima L. It is a bicyclic diterpene carboxylic acid, having an acetoxyl group and two double bonds, and was formulated as II on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic studies. The other constituents of the...