Title:  Anabsinthin 
CAS Registry Number:  6903-12-4 
CAS Name:  (3S,3aS,6S,6aR,6bS,7R,7aR,8S,10aS,11S,13aS,13bS,13cR,14bS,15S)-3,3a,4,5,6,6a,6b,7,7a,8,9,10,10a,13a,13c,14b-Hexadecahydro-6-hydroxy-3,6,8,11,14,15-hexamethyl-2H-8,15-epoxy-7,13b-ethanopentaleno[1¢¢,2¢¢:6,7;5¢¢,4¢¢:6¢,7¢]dicyclohepta[1,2-b:1¢,2¢-b¢]difuran-2,12(11H)-dione 
Additional Names:  anabsynthin 
Molecular Formula:  C30H40O6 
Molecular Weight:  496.64 
Percent Composition:  C 72.55%, H 8.12%, O 19.33% 
Literature References:  A bitter principle isolated from Artemisia absinthium L., Compositae (wormwood).  Isoln:  F. Sorm et al., Chem. Ind. (London) 1955, 569; V. Herout et al., Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 21, 1485 (1956).  Structure:  L. Novotny et al., Chem. Ind. (London) 1958, 465; V. Herout et al., Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 25, 1492 (1960); J. Beauhaire et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 21, 3191 (1980). 
  
Derivative Type:  Anhydrous Form  
Properties:  Crystals from benzene or isopropanol + diisopropyl ether, or by drying over phosphorus pentoxide in vacuo, mp 267°.  [a]D20 +113° (c = 1.85 in chloroform). 
Melting point:  mp 267° 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D20 +113° (c = 1.85 in chloroform) 
  
Derivative Type:  Monohydrate  
Properties:  Crystals from methanol, mp 210°. 
Melting point:  mp 210° 
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