Biabani Farooq, Singh Sanjay K, Kumar S, Raj Kanwal, Pathak A
Medicinal Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
Nat Prod Lett. 2002 Oct;16(5):297-300. doi: 10.1080/10575630290020514.
In continuation of our interest in chemical modification of triterpenoids, the Willgerodt-Kindler reaction of a lupane type triterpenoid lupenone provided a novel dimerized product 2. Formation of 2 is associated with an unusual oxidative dimerization of lupenone under Willgerodt-Kindler reaction conditions. The structure 2 was confirmed by extensive analysis of spectroscopic data including ES-MS and 2D-NMR.