Teresantalic acid

Teresantalol is an alcohol of the formula Cj jgO, which was isolated from sandalwood oil by Schimmel Co. It has been prepared artificially by Semmler and Bartelt, by reducing teresantalic acid with sodium. 

Teresantalic acid, Cj Hj O, is a hydro-cyclic acid, found in sandalwood oil. Its characters are as follows —... 

An extensive examination of the minor components of East Indian sandalwood oil has revealed as one component (177), ° which is also synthesized from teresantalic acid by oxidative decarboxylation and cyclopropylmethylhomoallylic rearrangement. 

Teresantalal, teresantalol, teresantalic acid see tricyclic monoterpenes. 

Occurrence Tricyclene in juniper oil (Juniperus communis, Cupressaceae) and in the essential oil of the fir Abies balsamea (Pinaceae) ca. 1.3%. Teresantalol, ter-santalal, and teresantalic acid are isolated from East Indian sandalwood oil. sandalwood oil (Santalum album, Santalaceae). 

Sandalwood oil contains up to 90% or more of a- and 3-santalols. Minor constituents present include 6% sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (mostly a- and, 3-santalenes and epi- 3-santalene with small amounts of a-and 3-curcumenes, possibly 3-famesene, and dendrolasin), dihydro- 3-agarofuran, santene, teresantol, bomeol, teresantalic acid, tricy-cloekasantalal, santalone, and santanol, among others (jiangsu). " ... 

Santalum album L. S. myrtifolium Roxb. S. verum L. Tan Xian (Sandalwood) (heartwood) Alpha-santalol, beta-santalol, alpha-santalene, beta-santalene, santene, alpha-santenone, alpha-santenol, santalone, santalic acid, teresantalic, isovaleraldehyde, teresantalol, tricycloekasantal, santalin, deoxysantalin, sinapyl aldehyde, caniferyl aldehyde, syringic aldehyde.33 Treat stomachache. 

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