
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Balgir, BS 
A1  - Mander, LN 
A1  - Mander, STK 
T1  - A revision of the structures proposed for the melicope extractives, melicopol and methylmelicopol
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1973
VL  - 26
IS  - 11
SP  - 2459
EP  - 2472
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9732459 
N2  - 2,4,6-Trihydroxybenzoic acid was converted by partial methylation, formylation, and then reduction into methyl 2-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl- 4,6-dimethoxybenzoate (5) which proved different from dimethyldegeranylmelicopol. Methyl 6-geranyloxy-2-hydroxy-3- hydroxymethyl-4-methoxybenzoate (4), its neryl analogue (7), and methyl 4-geranyloxy-2-hydroxy-3-hydroxymethyl-6-methoxybenzoate (21) were prepared similarly but all were different from methylmelicopol. From a re-investigation of earlier work, melicopol and methylmelicopol were assigned new structures, 6?-geranyloxy-2,2?,4?-tri-hydroxy-3?- methoxyacetophenone (31) and its 4?-methyl ether derivative (24), respectively. Dimethyldegeranylmelicopol, 2,6?-dihydroxy-2?,3?,4?- trimethoxyacetophenone (25), was prepared from antiarol (28) and acetoxyacetonitrile. 
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