Study of the Decomposition Products Formed from Trans Ferulic Acid by Treatment with Boiling Hydrochloric Acid

Abstract

A C I O BY TREATMENT WITH B O I L I N G HYDROCHLORIC A C I OW . V a n B r u s s e l , 0 . T a v e r n i e r X a n d C . F . Van S u m e r e L a b o r a t o r y o f P l a n t B i o c h e m i s t r y U n i v e r s i t y o f G h e n t K . L . L e d e g a n c k s t r . 3 5 8 -9 0 0 0 -G h e n t , B e l g i u m Received 4/4/78 -Accepted 2 6 / 4 / 7 8 . ABSTRACT P r e v i o u s e x p e r i m e n t s s h o w e d t h e i n s t a b i l i t y o f h y d r o x y c i n n a m i c a c i d s ( e . g . f e r u l i c a c i d 1 i n a c i d m e d i a . I n o r d e r t o s t u d y t h i s p r o b l e m , w h i c h i s o f g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e f o r t h e a n a l y s i s o f n a t u r a l l y o c c u r r i n g h y d r o x y c i n n a m i c a c i d d e r i v a t i v e s . m o r e t h o r o u g h l y , f e r u l i c a c i d w a s t r e a t e d o n a p r e p a r a t i v e s c a l e w i t h b o i l i n g h y d r o c h l o r i c a c i d a n d t h e d e c o m p o s i t i o n p r o d u c t s o b t a i n e d w e r e s e p a r a t e d a n d i d e n t i f i e d .