title: Spectral comparisons of coniferyl and cinnamyl alcohol epoxide derivatives with a purported cis-epoxyconiferyl alcohol isolate.
abstract: The reported isolation of cis-epoxyconiferyl alcohol must be incorrect, based upon comparison of the reported Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectral data for the isolate with those for synthesized coniferyl and cinnamyl alcohol epoxide derivatives. Attempts to prepare cis- and trans-coniferyl alcohols were unsuccessful, although their acetate derivatives could be synthesized. The NMR spectral data for a synthetic sample of pinoresinol were in excellent agreement with those for the purported isolate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Guz
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Stermitz
mesh_terms: D002934:Cinnamates / Q000737:chemistry*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D002934:Cinnamates; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D010636:Phenols; C010559:coniferyl alcohol