1978 Volume 26 Issue 10 Pages 3117-3123
A potent antipeptic ulcer substance, acyclic diterpene alcohol, was isolated from a Thai medicinal plant identified with Croton sublyratus KURZ. The structure was determined by the spectral data and stereospecific synthesis to be (E, Z, E)-7-hydroxymethyl-3, 11, 15-trimethyl-2, 6, 10, 14-hexadecatetraen-1-ol.