Eugenitin is a chromone derivative, a type of phenolic compound found in cloves. It has also been isolated from the fungal species Cylindrocarpon sp. C.M.I. 127996.[1]

Synthesis

Eugenitin has also synthethised using the Kostanecki sodium acetate-acetic anhydride cyclization of C-methylphloracetophenone in 1952[2] and from visnagin, khellin and khellol in 1953.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Coombe, RG; Lowe, HIC; Watson, TR (1972). "Fungal metabolites. I. Chromone and naphthoquinone metabolites from a Cylindrocarponspecies". Australian Journal of Chemistry. 25 (4): 875. doi:10.1071/CH9720875.
  2. ^ Whalley, W. B. (1952). "A New Synthesis of Eugenitin". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74 (22): 5795–5796. doi:10.1021/ja01142a530.
  3. ^ Schönberg, Alexander; Badran, Nasry; Starkowsky, Nicolas A. (1953). "Furo-chromones and -Coumarins. VII. Degradation of Visnagin, Khellin and Related Substances; Experiments with Chromic Acid and Hydrogen Peroxide; and a Synthesis of Eugenitin". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75 (20): 4992. doi:10.1021/ja01116a032.