A chalcone and an isoflavone from Millettia pachycarpa seeds

Chemical examination of the seeds of Millettia pachycarpa has yielded a new prenylated isoflavone and a new prenylated chalcone in addition to the previously reported isoflavones 5-hydroxy-4′-methoxy-6″,6″-dimethylpyrano (2″,3″:7,8)isoflavone, 5,7,4′-trihydroxy-6,8-diprenylisoflavone, 5,7,3′,4′-tetrahydroxy-6,8-diprenyl-isoflavone and pomiferin.     

New prenylated isoflavones and a prenylated dihydroflavonol from Millettia pachycarpa

Extraction of Millettia pachycarpa Benth. gave 5,7,4′-trihydroxy-6,8-diprenylisoflavone (1a), 5,7,4′-trihydroxy-6,3′-diprenylisoflavone (2a), 5,7,3′,4′-tetrahydroxy-6,8-diprenylisoflavone (3a) and (2R, 3R)-5,4′-dihydroxy-8-prenyl-6″,6″-dimethylpyrano[2″,3″: 7,6]-dihydroflavonol (4a) whose structures were established by chemical transformations and spectroscopic means. Pectolinarigenin and salvigenin were isolated from Buddleia macrostachya Benth.     

New prenylated isoflavones from Millettia pachycarpa

Isolation of four new isoflavones from a new collection of Millettia pachycarpa is reported. Proof of the structure of lupinifolol, previously isolated from M. pachycarpa, by synthesis of dehydrolupinifolol is described.