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Reaction of 3-dehydroecdysone with certain n.m.r. solvents
O W Howarth1, M J Thompson, H H Rees
1Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.
The Biochemical Journal
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
Synthetically prepared 3-dehydroecdysone shows by n.m.r. spectroscopy a mixture of two and three components in 2H2O and [2H4]methanol respectively; only 3-dehydroecdysone is indicated in [2H5]pyridine. Although 3-dehydroecdysone is the sole component in [2H5]pyridine, it represents only 62% and 55% in 2H2O and [2H4]methanol respectively. Evidence indicates that the other component in 2H2O is a 3-[2H2]hydrate of 3-dehydroecdysone, and that in [2H4]methanol the other two components are isomeric [2H3]hemiacetals of 3-dehydroecdysone.