The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Chemical Examination of Embelia ribes. I. Isolation of a New Constituent,“Vilangin,” Its Constitution and Synthesis

CHB Rao, V Venkateswarlu

Index: Rao,C.B.; Venkateswarlu,V. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1961 , vol. 26, p. 4529 - 4532

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Abstract

A new conetituent,“vilangin”(I) has been isolated from the dry ripe berries of Embeh ribes. From a study of ita reactions and degradation producta, vilangin has been SRsigned the structure, methylenebis (2, 5-dihydroxy4undecyl-3, 6-benzoquinone). This ha been confirmed by synthesis using embelm (XVII) and formaldehyde.