Investigation of leaves of Melicope ptelefolia afforded 18 2,2-dimethy
l-2H-1-benzopyrans, consisting of 14 new members, including one benzod
ipyran and four known compounds. Their structures were established by
mass and NMR spectroscopy, especially NOE and HMBC experiments. (C) 19
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