From pods of Sophora japonica L., Leguminosae: Rebaté, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 7, 565 (1940); Clancy, J. Chem. Soc. 1960, 4213; Clancy in Methods in Carbohydrate Chemistry vol. I, R. L. Whistler, M. L. Wolfrom, Eds. (Academic Press, New York, 1962) pp 345-349. Structure and synthesis: Coxon, Fletcher, J. Org. Chem. 26, 2892 (1961); Koeppen, Carbohydr. Res. 7, 410 (1968). Crystal structure: J. Ohanessian et al., Acta Crystallogr. B34, 3666 (1978).