1 Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica "Antonio González", Universidad de La Laguna , Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
Three new benzodihydrofurans (1-3) and seven known aromatic compounds (4-10) were isolated from the roots of Cyperus teneriffae. Vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy was used to define the absolute configuration of 1.