Aromatized C-2 oxygenated triterpenoids as indicators for a new transformation pathway in the environment.

Claude Le Milbeau, Philippe Schaeffer, Jacques Connan, Pierre Albrecht, Pierre Adam

Laboratoire de Biogéochimie Moléculaire, Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg UMR7177 CNRS, 25 rue Becquerel, 67200 Strasbourg, France.

Organic letters 2010 Apr 2

filter terms:

Four oleanane-related aromatic triterpenoids isolated from an archeological piece of oak wood have been identified by NMR studies. Their structures give clue to a novel diagenetic transformation pathway of 2,3-oxygenated higher plant triterpenoids in the environment.

Citation

Claude Le Milbeau, Philippe Schaeffer, Jacques Connan, Pierre Albrecht, Pierre Adam. Aromatized C-2 oxygenated triterpenoids as indicators for a new transformation pathway in the environment. Organic letters. 2010 Apr 2;12(7):1504-7