URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4916

Date: 2005-05

Type: Thesisms

Table of Contents: Introduction -- Description of mopane -- Distribution of mopane -- Uses of mopane -- Known terpenoid chemistry of mopane -- Results and discussion -- Compound I -- Isolation and identification of compound I -- Conversion to a methyl ester -- Compound II -- Isolation and identification of compound II -- Conversion to a methyl ester -- Summary of compounds I and II -- Correction of peak assignments for compound I reported by Mebe (2001) -- Conclusions -- Experimental -- Sample collection and extraction -- Analysis and purification -- Methyl ester formation -- References -- Appendix A : NMR data -- Appendix B : All HMBC and NOESY correlations for compound I in CDCl₃ -- Appendix C : All HMBC and NOE correlations for compound I in d₆-benzene -- Appendix D : All HMBC and NOESY correlations for compound II in CDCl₃ -- Appendix E : All HMBC and NOESY correlations for compound II in d₆-benzene -- Appendix F : HMBC and NOESY correlations for compound Ia -- Appendix G : HMBC and NOESY correlations for compound IIa -- Appendix H : Stereoviews.