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Condensed tannins: preferential substitution at the interflavanoid bond by sulphite ion

Abstract

The reaction of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) bark tannins with sodium hydrogen sulphite gave sodium epicatechin-(4β)-sulphonate (1) and sodium epicatechin-(4β→ 8)-epicatechin-(4β)-sulphonate (2) in high yield with only a minor amount of sodium 1-(3,4-dihydroxyphenys)-2-hydroxy-3-(2,4,6-trihdroxyphenyl)-propane-1-sulphonate (3).

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Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/C39830000672
Citation: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983,0, 672-673
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    Condensed tannins: preferential substitution at the interflavanoid bond by sulphite ion

    L. Y. Foo, G. W. McGraw and R. W. Hemingway, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1983, 0, 672
    DOI: 10.1039/C39830000672

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