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Kinji Okabayashi
Bio: Kinji Okabayashi is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lactone & Dimethyl sulfate. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 25 citations.
Topics: Lactone, Dimethyl sulfate, Boenninghausenia, Decarboxylation
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TL;DR: From the methanolic extract of the leaves of Boenninghausenia albiflora MEISSNER var.
Abstract: From the methanolic extract of the leaves of Boenninghausenia albiflora MEISSNER var. japonica S. SUZUKI, a new coumarin, named matsukaze-lactone (I), C20H14O6, m.p. 267∼268°, was isolated. Methylation of I with dimethyl sulfate and methanolic alkali gave an acid (IIa), C22H22O8, which was oxidized to an acid (IIIa), C18H18O8. By decarboxylation of IIIa with copper powder, 2, 2', 4, 6'-tetramethoxybiphenyl (V) was obtained. From these results, the structural formula (Ia), (Ib) and (Ic) were proposed for matsukaze-Iactone.
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TL;DR: The biogenesis, structural diversity and distribution of simple, furano- and pyranocoumarins in the Rutaceae is reviewed and the potential value of these compounds as taxonomic markers and their possible functions are discussed.
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01 Jan 2001-Progress in the chemistry of organic natural products. Progrès dans la chimie des substances organiques naturelles
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TL;DR: 7-hydroxycoumarin [umbelliferone, (2)], one of the most widely distributed coumarins, is often regarded as the parent, in a structural sense and also biogenetically, of a large number of the structurally more complex coumarin.
Abstract: Over the past 150 years, since Vogel in 1820 isolated the parent oxygen heterocycle, coumarin (1) from Coumarouna odorata = Dipteryx odorata (1), coumarins have been recognized as widely distributed plant products. The vast majority carry an oxygen substituent at C-7; consequently 7-hydroxycoumarin [umbelliferone, (2)], one of the most widely distributed coumarins, is often regarded as the parent, in a structural sense and also biogenetically, of a large number of the structurally more complex coumarins. A number of review articles on natural plant coumarins have appeared (154, 302, 344, 420, 525, 541, 548) since the last in this series (153), the most comprehensive, albeit dealing solely with coumarins of the Umbelliferae, being that of Nielsen in 1970 (419).
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