
%0 Journal Article
%A Barnes, CS 
%A Galbraith, MN 
%A Ritchie, E 
%A Taylor, WC 
%T Carnaubadiol, a triterpene from carnauba wax
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1965/09/01
%V 18
%N 9
%P 1411-1422
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9651411
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9651411 
%X By chemical and spectroscopic methods, carnaubadiol, C31H54O2, a constituent of carnauba wax, was shown to contain one secondary and one tertiary hydroxyl group, and one isopropenyl group. A series of degradative reactions yielded a heptanorketone, identical with the known 3&#946;-acetoxyhexanordammaran-20-one, previously obtained from dammarenediol. The structure and configuration of the side-chain were established by oxidation of dihydrocarnaubadiol to the known (-)-(S)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-one. Carnaubadiol was thus shown to be 24&#946;-methyl- dammar-25-ene-3&#946;,20&#958;-diol. 
