“…To identify the sugar and the genin of 5, it was hydrolyzed with mild acid (0.025 M H2S04) (11) followed by cc, which afforded a crystalline genin 1, mp 162-164°, [a]D + 21.0°, C23H3407, identified as dregenin (mp, mmp, [a]D, and co-tlc) and two syrupy sugars 8 and 9 which were identified as D-cymarose (15) (2,6-dideoxy-3-0methyl-D-rzés-hexose) and pachybiose (18), respectively. For further characterization, 8 was oxidized with bromine H20 to its lactone, which on treatment with phenylhydrazine yielded the known crystalline D-cymaronic acid phenylhydrazide.…”