Project description:THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (2S*,3S*,4R*,5R*,9S*,11S*,15R*)-5,15-diacet-oxy-3-nicotino-yloxy-14-oxolathyra-6(17),12(E)-diene], C(30)H(37)NO(7), was isolated from the seeds of Euphorbia lathyris. The tricyclic diterpenoid molecule contains an 11-membered ring, a five-membered ring exhibiting an envelope conformation and a three-membered ring. The 11-membered ring is cis-fused with the three-membered ring and trans-fused with the five-membered ring.
