Eugenitin is a chromone derivative, a type of phenolic compound found in cloves. It has also been isolated from the fungal species Cylindrocarpon sp. C.M.I. 127996.[1]
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IUPAC name
5-Hydroxy-7-methoxy-2,6-dimethylchromen-4-one
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Preferred IUPAC name
5-Hydroxy-7-methoxy-2,6-dimethyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one | |
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C12H12O4 | |
Molar mass | 220.224 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Eugenitin has also synthethised using the Kostanecki sodium acetate-acetic anhydride cyclization of C-methylphloracetophenone in 1952[2] and from visnagin, khellin and khellol in 1953.[3]