Author's Organization：Pharmaceutical Institute, School of Medicine, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, School of Medicine, Tohoku University Pharmaceutical Institute, School of Medicine, Tohoku University
Kanokonol, the sesquiterpenoid keto-alcohol isolated from Japanese valerians, has been shown to have stereostructure I(R=H) by means of spectral determinations and by conversion to the γ-lactone (IV) and to valeranone (XI).
