A furanolactone is a
heterocyclic chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. A molecule consisting of atoms of only one ele ...
that contains both a
lactone
Lactones are cyclic carboxylic esters, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure (), or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring.
Lactones are formed by intramolecular esterification of the co ...
and a
furan ring structure.
Examples include:
* The
salvinorins, including the
hallucinogenic compound
salvinorin A
*
Columbin, a bitter diterpenoid from ''
Calumbae Radix''
*
Limonoids such as
limonin,
nomilin, and
nomilinic acid
*
Tinosporide, a diterpenoid originally isolated from ''
Tinospora cordifolia''
References
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Lactones
3-Furyl compounds