Mesquitol
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Mesquitol is a flavan-3-ol, a type of flavonoid.[1]
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IUPAC name
(2R,3S)-Flavan-3,3′,4′,7,8-pentol | |
Systematic IUPAC name
(2R,3S)-2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-3,7,8-triol | |
Other names
(-)-mesquitol | |
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C15H14O6 | |
Molar mass | 290.26 g/mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Prosopis juliflora, an invasive New World mesquite now found in Kenya, has unusually high levels of (-)-mesquitol in its heartwood.[2]
Mesquitol, with its pyrogallol-type A-ring, is more susceptible to quinone formation at this ring, leading to aryl–aryl bond formation at carbon 5. The structural moieties constitute the proteracacinidin class of proanthocyanidins.[3] Mesquitol-(5→8)-catechin atropisomers can be isolated from Prosopis glandulosa.[4]