Four sesquiterpenes (1-4) with the africanane skeleton [of which only 5-africanene (1) has been previously reported] and the new asteriscane derivative asterisca-3(15),6-diene (5) were isolated from the essential oil of Lippia integrifolia. A further new compound, african-2(6)-ene (7), was obtained as a semisynthetic product by derivatization of isoafricanol (6). The structures of the new compounds were assigned on the basis of spectroscopic data, enantioselective gas chromatography, and by chemical correlations.

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SummaryThe potential of enantioselective capillary gas chromatography with modified cyclodextrins as chiral stationary phases for authenticity control is demonstrated for a selection of economically important essential oils. Adulteration can be easily detected in cases where enantiomerically pure constituents are present in natural oils. In cases of (naturally) varying enantiomeric compositions of chiral constituents, enantioselective gas chromatography may prove insufficient.

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