Helvetica Chimica Acta

Novel ketones from Roman camomile oil

AF Thomas, JC Egger

Index: Thomas, Alan F.; Egger, Jean-Claude Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1981 , vol. 64, # 7 p. 2393 - 2396

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Abstract

Abstract β-Damascenone (1) has been identified in the fraction of Roman camomile (Anthemis nobilis) oil that contains homologues of carvotanacetone. 5-(3-Furyl)-2-methyl-1- penten-3-one (2),(E)-1-(2, 6-dimethylphenyl)-2-buten-1-one (8), 4-isopropenylbenzaldehyde (4), were also identified and synthesized.