A petrol extract of Entandrophragma cylindricum afforded six sesquiter
penes. Two of them, 3-hydroxy-copa-2-en and 2 alpha-hydroxy-copa-3-en,
are new. 10-Hydroxy-trans-calamenene, T-cadinol, ledol and mustacon h
ave already been reported. The structures of all these compounds were
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