Cimicifugenol, C
30H
48O, occurs as colorless needles, mp 112-113°, [α]
15D+21.4°, and is obtained in a free form and as an ester from the subterranean portion of Cimicifuga acerina, C. simplex, and C. japonica. From its chemical reactions and physicochemical properties, its structure was determined as represented by formula I. I forms an acetate (IV) of mp 118-119°, C
32H
50O
2. Its hydrogenation in ethanol-ethyl acetate over platinum dioxide or palladium carbon results in the formation of a dihydro compound (V), mp 116.5-117.5°, C
32H
52O
2. Treatment of V with tert-butyl chromate gives an α, β-unsaturated ketone (VI), mp 185-186°, C
32H
50O
3, whose treatment with lithium in ammonia gives a ketoacetate (VII), mp 179-180°, C
32H
48O
3. The Huang-Minlon reduction of VII produces a cycloartanol (III). On the other hand, hydrogenation of I over palladium-carbon in acetic acid-acetic anhydride results in the formation of a tetrahydro compound (X), mp 128-129°, C
30H
52O, whose treatment with phosphorus pentachloride gives a dehydrated rearrangement product (XII).
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