| Description | (1S,3aR,4S,6aR)-1,4-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan, also known as pinoresinol dimethyl ether, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as furanoid lignans. (+)-Eudesmin is found in Acorus calamus, Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Aglaia leptantha , Aptosimum spinescens, Araucaria angustifolia, Aristolochia elegans , Aristolochia flos-avis, Aristolochia pubescens, Aristolochia tomentosa, Bupleurum salicifolium, Clerodendron brachyanthum, Daphne oleoides, Daphne oleoides spp. , Enkleia siamensis, Eucalyptus hemiphloia, Evodia micrococca var. micrococca, Fagara heitzii, Haplophyllum acutifolium , Haplophyllum perforatum, Haplophyllum spp., Humbertia madagascariensis, Laurelia novae-zelandiae, Licaria armeniaca, Lindera praecox, Liriodendron tulipifera , Litsea gracilipes, Machilus wangchiana, Magnolia biondii , Magnolia coco, Magnolia denudata , Magnolia fargesii , Magnolia kobus, Magnolia kobus var. borealis , Magnolia praecocissima , Magnolia pterocarpa, Magnolia soulangeana, Magnolia stellata, Melicope hayesii, Metrodorea flavida, Metrodorea nigra, Orophea enneandra, Ouratea semiserrata, Pandanus odoratissimus , Pandanus odorifer, Parabenzoin praecox, Persea kurzii, Phaylopsis falcisepala, Polygala gazensis, Raulinoa echinata, Rollinia exalbida, Rollinia mucosa , Rudbeckia scabrifolia, Samadera bidwillii, Stellera chamaejasme , Talauma hodgsonii , Virola michelii , Zanthoxylum acanthopodium , Zanthoxylum alatum , Zanthoxylum culantrillo, Zanthoxylum fagara, Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum and Zanthoxylum simulans. These are lignans with a structure that contains either a tetrahydrofuran ring, a furan ring, or a furofuan ring system, that arises from the joining of the two phenylpropanoid units (1S,3aR,4S,6aR)-1,4-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). |
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| Structure | [H][C@]12CO[C@H](C3=CC(OC)=C(OC)C=C3)[C@@]1([H])CO[C@@H]2C1=CC(OC)=C(OC)C=C1 InChI=1S/C22H26O6/c1-23-17-7-5-13(9-19(17)25-3)21-15-11-28-22(16(15)12-27-21)14-6-8-18(24-2)20(10-14)26-4/h5-10,15-16,21-22H,11-12H2,1-4H3/t15-,16-,21+,22+/m0/s1 |
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