Synfacts 2010(11): 1218-1218  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258716
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Cryptoacetalide

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, James R. Frost
Y. Zou, A. Deiters*
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 October 2010 (online)

Significance

Cryptoacetalide and epi-crypto­acetalide were isolated from the root of Salvia ­miltiorrhiza, a common treatment for various diseases in Chinese medicine. They were isolated as an inseparable mixture of cryptoacetalide and epi-cryptoacetalide in a ratio of 3:1.