GENUS CROTALARIA

R. S. Sawhney; C. K. Atal

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1099576

Subscribe to RSS

Please copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.

https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000058.xml

Share / Bookmark

Facebook X Linkedin Weibo

Download PDF

Planta Med 1972; 21(4): 435-437
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099576

GENUS CROTALARIA

XI.¹ THE STRUCTURE OF NILGIRIC ACIDR. S. Sawhney, C. K. Atal 1 For part X see Sawhney, R. S., and Atal, C. K.: J. Indian Chem. Soc. 47, 741 (1970)

Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
14 January 2009 (online)

Also available at

PDF Download Permissions and Reprints

Abstract

The pyrrolizidine alkaloid nilgirine on hydrolysis gives retronecine and nilgiric acid. The structure of nilgiric acid is found to be 1–hydroxy–2–methyl–hexa–4–ene–1:4 dicarboxylic acid. This is the first report of a C₉ necic acid occurring in pyrrolizidine macrocyclic esters.