Motoo Tori, Masakazu Sono, Keiko Takikawa, Reiko Matsuda, Masao Toyota, Annie Cheminat and Yoshinori Asakawa
On treatment with m-chloroperbenzoic acid, dihydroeugenol methyl ether and marchantin A trimethyl ether afford muconic acid ester derivatives by oxidation of the aromatic ring as well as hydroxylated derivatives; the m-chlorobenzoate of the dihydroeugenol derivative is also observed for the former.