CHINENSIOL, A NEW DIMERIC HIMACHALANE-TYPE SESQUITERPENE FROM THE ROOT OF JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS LINN.

Abstract

A new dimeric sesquiterpene, chinensiol, was isolated from the roots of Juniperus chinensis Linn. Its structure was deduced to be a dimeric cis -himachalane-type sesquiterpene by spectroscopic analysis and chemical evidence. The structure of the oxidative product (eleven-member ring) obtained from chinensiol was elucidated by X-ray analysis.