A new eremophilane-type sesquiterpenoid, (-)-1(10),11-eremophiladien-9
beta-ol, was isolated from the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha ssp. a
quatica. Structure elucidation was performed by means of spectroscopic
methods and chemical conversion to known eremophilone. The configurat
ion was proved by NOE measurements and comparison of the products obta
ined by dehydration and hydrogenation of the alcohol with the hydrogen
ation products of both enantiomers of eremophilene and valencene by en
antioselective gas chromatography with cyclodextrin derivatives. (C) 1
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