CHEMISTRY OF DENUDATINE. I. A NOVEL REARRANGEMENT OF DENUDATINE

Treatment of denudatine 1 with 10% HCl soln. at 45-50℃ for 3 days leads to a pair of epimers 4A and 4B, Structures of 4A and 4B have been elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectral methods.