
%0 Journal Article
%A Cameron, DW 
%A Sutherland, MD 
%T Chemical Constituents of <I>Evodia micrococca</I>
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1961/03/01
%V 14
%N 1
%P 135-142
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9610135
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9610135 
%X Leaf constituents of two varieties of Evodia micrococca have been investigated. Both varieties contained palmitic acid and n-hentriacontane but while E. micrococca F. Muell. var. micrococca yielded pinoresinol dimethyl ether and a trace of essential oil, E. micrococca var. pubescens Fraser &amp; Vickery yielded (+)-sesamin and a larger quantity of a very different essential oil.   By the nitration of pinoresinol dimethyl ether, a 5,5',6,6'-tetranitro derivative has been prepared and the structure of Freudenberg and Dietrich's (1953) lactone has been clarified. The ultraviolet absorption spectra of the four dinitroveratroles are included. 
