Cyclobutanes from Combretum albopunctatum

Phytochemistry. 2004 Feb;65(4):433-8. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.09.014.

Abstract

A dichloromethane extract of the aerial parts of Combretum albopunctatum Suesseng afforded five phenolic compounds-three known flavonoids and two novel cyclobutane chalcone dimers. The chemical structures were determined by standard spectroscopic techniques and the structure and relative stereochemistry of one chalcone dimer, rel-(1 alpha,2 beta)-di-(2,6-dimethoxy-4-hydroxy)-benzoyl-rel-(3 alpha,4 beta)-diphenylcyclobutane, were confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chalcone / analogs & derivatives
  • Chalcone / isolation & purification
  • Combretum / chemistry*
  • Cyclobutanes / chemistry*
  • Cyclobutanes / isolation & purification*
  • Dimerization
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Components, Aerial / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Cyclobutanes
  • Plant Extracts
  • Chalcone