(12R)-Lythrancane-8α,12-diol diacetate

Description

Also present in Lythrum anceps Mak., this base is the diacetate corresponding to Lythrancepine I. It is slightly dextrorotatory with [α]²⁰_D + 7°. Two methoxyi groups are present in the molecule, the structure having been established from the infrared, NMR and mass spectra.

References

Fujita, Saeki., Chem. Commun., 368 (1971) Fujita, Saeki., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 19, 1515 (1971)