TRITERPENOIDS FROM ABIES SP .17. DETECTION OF STEREOSELECTIVE ETHYLIDENATION OF RING-A ON THE ALKALI FRAGMENTATION OF 3,23-DIOXO-7,24-LANOSTADIEN-26-OIC ACIDS
Vv. Grishko et al., TRITERPENOIDS FROM ABIES SP .17. DETECTION OF STEREOSELECTIVE ETHYLIDENATION OF RING-A ON THE ALKALI FRAGMENTATION OF 3,23-DIOXO-7,24-LANOSTADIEN-26-OIC ACIDS, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(3), 1996, pp. 713-716
3,23-Dioxo-7,24-lanostadien-26-oic acids, components of a natural mixt
ure of triterpenoids from Siberian fir needles, undergo fragmentation
of the side-chain as well as condensation with piruvic acid formed in
the reaction in boiling alcoholic alkali and give the 2-ethylidene der
ivative of the fragmentation product; the structure of the latter was
established by NMR spectra and supported by X-ray analysis of its phot
oisomerization product.