CIS-1,4-POLY-BETA-MYRCENE - THE STRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERIC FRACTION OF MASTIC RESIN (PISTACIA-LENTISCUS L.) ELUCIDATED

Authors
VANDENBERG KJ VANDERHORST J BOON JJ SUDMEIJER OO
Citation
Kj. Vandenberg et al., CIS-1,4-POLY-BETA-MYRCENE - THE STRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERIC FRACTION OF MASTIC RESIN (PISTACIA-LENTISCUS L.) ELUCIDATED, Tetrahedron letters, 39(17), 1998, pp. 2645-2648
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
17
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2645 - 2648
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:17<2645:C-TSOT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The polymer fraction of mastic resin from Pistacia lentiscus L. was is olated and purified by extraction and Size Exclusion Chromatography. T he molecular weight distribution of the polymer was broad and stretche d up to 100,000 Da. The structure was characterised as 1,4-poly-beta-m yrcene, predominantly present in the cis-conformation. The compound is the first known example of a naturally occurring polymer of a monoter pene. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.