Nepetanudone, a dimer of the alpha-pyrone 5,9-dehydronepetalactone

Authors
Kokdil, G Topcu, G Krawiec, M Watson, WH
Citation
G. Kokdil et al., Nepetanudone, a dimer of the alpha-pyrone 5,9-dehydronepetalactone, J CHEM CRYS, 28(7), 1998, pp. 517-519
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
10741542 → ACNP
Volume
28
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
517 - 519
Database
ISI
SICI code
1074-1542(199807)28:7<517:NADOTA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The title compound C20H24O4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2 (1)2(1)2, with a = 10,245(3), b = 17.103(3), c = 9.879(3) Angstrom, D-c = 1 .260 g cm(-3), and Z = 4. Nepetanudone is postulated to be formed by a [4 4] cycloaddition of two 5,9-dehydronepetalactone moieties to give an asymm etric dimer in which each pair of atoms is magnetically nonequivalent. The compound was recovered from extracts of Nepeta nuda ssp. albiflora.