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Nature 163, 564-565 (9 April 1949) | doi:10.1038/163564a0;

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Chlorophorin, a Constituent of Iroko, the Timber of Chlorophora excelsa

M. F. GRUNDON & F. E. KING

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The presence of two double bonds is shown by the catalytic reduction of both chlorophorin and of its tetramethyl ether to tetrahydro compounds. Ozono-lysis of the tetramethyl-tetrahydro-chlorophorin resulted in the isolation of two carbonylic products, of which the lower boiling, a methyl ketone (iodoform reaction), gave a semicarbazone identical with that of 6-methyl-2-heptanone.