Oxidation products of hop bitter acids. Part VI. Five-membered ring products from the oxidation of colupulone
Abstract
Oxidation of colupulone (I) produces a complex mixture, separation of which by counter-current distribution gives the cyclopenta[b]furan (III) and the cyclopenta[b]pyran (IV). Support for these structures comes mainly from n.m.r. and mass spectral data.