(E)-9-isopropyl-6-methyldeca-5,9-dien-2-one, a terpenoid C14-ketone with a novel skeleton

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 10,p. 353-354
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39770000353

Abstract

The isolation and synthesis of (E)-9-isopropyl-6-methyldeca-5,9-dien-2-one, a terpenoid C₁₄-ketone with a novel skeleton from costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) are reported.