Methanol → Deacetylasperulosidic acid methyl ester

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Asperuloside (1.0 g) was dissolved in distilled water (10 ml) and adjusted to pH=10 by adding a small amount of a saturated solution of BaO in methanol. This solution was allowed to stand for a few minutes to become cloudy white, which, after neutralization and concentration, was treated by silica gel column chromatography (Waco Gel C-300, 50 g, solvent: chloroform-methanol system). Silica gel column chromatography gave deacetyl asperulosidic acid methyl ester having Rf value=0.79 (chloroform-methanol-water=6:6:1, visualized with 50(%)-sulfuric acid) on TLC, as white needles (1.80 mg).

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