
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barnes, CS 
A1  - Galbraith, MN 
A1  - Ritchie, E 
A1  - Taylor, WC 
T1  - Carnaubadiol, a triterpene from carnauba wax
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1965
VL  - 18
IS  - 9
SP  - 1411
EP  - 1422
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9651411 
N2  - 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. 
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