3444. Drimenin
Nomenclature
CAS number: 2326-89-8
[5aS-(5aα,9aβ,9bα)]-5,5a,6,7,8,9,9a,9b-Octahydro-6,6,9a-trimethylnaphtho[1,2-c]furan-1(3H)-one. C15H22O2; mol wt 234.33.
C 76.88%, H 9.46%, O 13.66%.
Description and references
From bark of Drimys winteri Forst., Magnoliaceae: Appel, Dohr, Scientia 25, 137 (1958); C.A. 54, 4663f (1960). Structure and stereochemistry: Appel et al., J. Chem. Soc. 1960, 4685. Synthesis: Wenkert, Strike, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 86, 2044 (1964); Yamagawa, et al., Synthesis 1970, 257; M. Jallali-Naini et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 22, 2995 (1981).
