Aromatized C-2 oxygenated triterpenoids as indicators for a novel transformation pathway in the environment

Claude Le Milbeau (1, 2) , Philippe Schaeffer (2) , Jacques Connan (2) , Pierre Albrecht (2) , Pierre Adam (2)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans
2 Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg

Four oleanane-related triterpenoid ketones and phenols isolated from an archaeological piece of oak wood have been identified by NMR studies. Their structures give clue to the diagenetic transformation of 2,3-oxygenated higher plant triterpenoids in the environment

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Continental interfaces, environment; Environmental Sciences; Global Changes

Claude Le Milbeau, Philippe Schaeffer, Jacques Connan, Pierre Albrecht, Pierre Adam. Aromatized C-2 oxygenated triterpenoids as indicators for a novel transformation pathway in the environment. Organic Letters, 2010, 12 (7), pp.1504-1507. ⟨10.1021/ol100144t⟩. ⟨insu-00534886⟩