Wightianone–Palmitic acid, a clathrate from Calophyllum wightianum
Abstract
The heartwood of Calophyllum wightianum T. Anders gives, upon extraction with benzene, a clathrate composed of 4 moles of wightianone (1), a new member of the rare tetrahydroxathone series of phenols, and 1 mole of fatty acid, mainly palmitic.