Structure Determination of Bitter Principles of <i>Ailanthus altissima</i>. Structures of Shinjulactones B, D, and E

Tetsuo Furuno, Masami Ishibashi, Hirokazu Naora, Tatsushi Murae, Hiroshi Hirota, Takahiko Tsuyuki, Takeyoshi Takahashi, Akiko Itai, Yöichi Iitaka

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1984 · 21 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Abstract Bitter quassinoids, shinjulactones B, D, and E were isolated from Ailanthus altissima Swingle. Shinjulactone B is the first example of natural bitter principles with a 1,2-seco-1-nor-6(5→10)abeo-picrasane skeleton and shinjulactones D and E are a hexahydro derivative and a 6α-hydroxy derivative of ailanthone, respectively.

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