Rs. Dhillon et Rs. Battu, ACID-CATALYZED REARRANGEMENT OF PARTHENIN AND ITS DERIVATIVES, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 34(11), 1995, pp. 964-967
Parthenin (1), the main constituent of Parthenium hysterophorus L., up
on treatment with Ac2O-H2SO4 at room temperature rearranges to 4a. Sim
ilarly, cyclopropyl derivative 6 reacts with Ac2O-H2SO4 to efford 8, w
hile with H2SO4 it yields the dehydrated product 7.