MASS SPECTROMETRY IN STRUCTURAL AND STEREOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS .32. PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES
MASS SPECTROMETRY IN STRUCTURAL AND STEREOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS .32. PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00905a036
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
DJERASSI, C
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作者:
BUDZIKIEWICZ, H;WILSON, JM;DJERASSI, C
Mass spectra were measured of saturated and unsaturated members of the a- and/3-amyrin group as well as of representatives of the taraxerol, bauerene, friedelane, and lupane series.-Assignments have been made to the principal fragments and, in most instances, plausible mechanisms are proposed to rationalize the formation of these ions. In general, the presence of a nuclear double bond controls the fragmentation behavior, and characteristic mass spectral features have been noted which frequently allow assignment of membership of a given triterpene in one of the major classes by this criterion. In addition, the location of functional groups can often be narrowed down by consideration of the fragmentation pattern. Mass spectrometry thus constitutes an extremely useful physical method in the triterpene field and, when combined with rotatory dispersion meas-urements of derived ketones, can lead to structure elucidation with a minimum quantity of material.