Abstract:
Six chromone derivatives were isolated from the ether soluble fraction of the alcoholic extract of
Aquilaria sinensis(Lour.) Gilg.(Thymeleaceae) by silica gel chromatography. On the basis of spectrometric data (UV, IR,
1HNMR and
13CNMR as well as MS) and chemical synthesis one of them was found to bea new chromone,6-hydroxy-2-2-(4'-methoxylphenyl)ethyl chromone(Ⅵ) and the other five known chromones are 2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone(Ⅰ), 6-methoxy-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone (Ⅱ),6.7-dimethoxy-2-(2-phenylethyl)chromone(Ⅲ), 6-methoxy-2 2-(3'-methoxyphenyl)ethyl chromone(Ⅳ) and 6-hydroxy-2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone(Ⅴ). These compounds were obtained for the first time from this plant.