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Table 2 Time course of the yield* of products during longifolene autoxidation at 120 °C

From: Natural autoxidation of longifolene and anti-termite activities of the products

Time (h)

Products** (%)

Unreacted material** (%)

LC

LL

LAc

isoLAc

LHK

L

1

0.50

0.58

<99

2

0.93

0.53

<99

4

2.4

0.86

87

8

7.5

1.7

1.1

0.79

71

12

17

3.4

2.3

1.1

1.6

62

24

23

4.3

3.0

1.3

2.2

22

  1. * Each yield was calculated by dividing the molar amount of product or unreacted longifolene by the molar amount of longifolene before reaction
  2. ** L, longifolene; LC, longicamphenylone; LL, norlongilactone; LAc, longifolic acid; isoLAc, isolongifolic acid; LHK, longifolene–hydroxy ketone