AN ESTER OF 4-METHOXY CYNNAMIC ACID ISOLATED FROM Xylocarpus moluccencis (Lamk) M. Roem (MELIACEAE)

Tukiran Tukiran (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, State University of Surabaya, Jl. Ketintang, Surabaya, 60231)
Septiani Setyo Cahyasari (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, State University of Surabaya, Jl. Ketintang, Surabaya, 60231)
Kuniyoshi Shimizu (Department of Forest and Forest Products Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581)

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry
Vol 12, No 2 (2012)

An ester derivative of 4-methoxycynnamic acid, i.e. 2-ethylhexyl 4-methoxy cynnamate was isolated for the first time from the chloroform extract of stem bark of Xylocarpus moluccencis (Lamk) M. Roem) (Meliaceae) along with β-sitosterol and stigmasterol. The first structure was elucidated with the help of various spectroscopic techniques, including IR, GC-MS, and NMR spectra. Two last structures were determined by comparison with the reported compounds in literature. These compounds were also found in the hexane extract of the plant.