1. Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K.;2. The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, South Parks, Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, U.K.;3. Chemistry Department, The University, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K.
Abstract:
An acidic compound isolated from seed of the legume Peltophorum africanum has been characterised on the basis of FAB-MS, EIMS, 13C and 1H NMR as trans-4-hydroxypipecolic acid-4-sulphate. This is the first naturally occurring sulphate ester of a non-protein amino acid to be described. The possible systematic significance of the distribution of the ester within Peltophorum and related genera is considered.