Eugenitin

Eugenitin is a chromone derivative, a type of phenolic compound found in cloves. It has also been isolated from the fungal species Cylindrocarpon sp. C.M.I. 127996.

Synthesis

Eugenitin has also been synthesized using the Kostanecki sodium acetate-acetic anhydride cyclization of C-methylphloracetophenone in 1952 and from visnagin, khellin and khellol in 1953.