Journal of the American Chemical Society

meso-Dihydroguaiaretic Acid and its Derivatives2

AW Schrecker

Index: Schrecker Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1957 , vol. 79, p. 3823,3825

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Citation Number: 21

Abstract

Guaiaretic acid (I, R= H), a key compound in the elucidation of the absolute configuration of lignans, a occurs in Guaiacum oficinale L.* together with a number of related compo~ nds.~ Its isolation has, however, been complicated by the presence of a contaminant, which lowers the optical rotation of the crude product and from which it is not readily separated. Schroeter, who was the first to obtain pure I (R= H)(mp 99-100.5',[a] D-94 “in ethanol), 6 informed ...