liquor from the recrystallization of 3 above was evaporated to dryness and the residual oil (745 mg), composed of methyl A6-dehydrodehydroabietate (7), methyl 7/3-methoxydehydroabietate (5), methyl 7a-methoxydehydroabietate (3), and methyl 18-methoxydehydroabietate (4) (identified 3, 4, and S by their known relative retention times) was chromatographed over alumina (25 g).Elution with 30% benzene-hexane mixture (200 ml) (Fraction 9, 10) and 40% benzene-hexane mixture (100 ml) (Fraction 11) gave methyl A6 8-dehydrodehydroabietate19 (7) as oil (120 mg) with 80% purity. Impurities are 3 and 5. Further elution with 40% benzene-hexane mixture (50 ml) (Fraction 12) gave pure 7 (26 mg): X®1°H 265 and 220 µ; Xneat 3.37 (aromatic), 5.80 (>C=0), 6.25 (>C=C<), 6.42, 6.73 (aromatic), 8.06 (C-O ester), 9.27, 12.18 (aromatic), and 14.57 (m-CH=CH) µ; nmr (cps) 428 (m, 34, aromatic protons), 394 (a pair of doublets, Jab = 9 cps, /ax = 3 cps, 1 H, C7-proton), 346 (a pair of doublets, Jab = 9 cps, /ax = 2.5 cps, 1 H, C6-proton), 220 (s, 3 H, Ci6-OCH3), 177 (t, / = 3 cps, CVproton), 166 (m, / = 7 cps, Ci8-proton), 85 (s, 3 H, Cie-protons), 75 (d, / = 7 cps, 65 (s, 3 H,.The identity was further confirmed by the relative retention time in 15% DECS column (6 X Vie in.) at 230°with the known data (methyl stearate80 as internal standard).Further elution with benzene (100 ml) (Fraction 21) and 10% ether-benzene (200 ml) (Fraction 22, 23) gave solid 3 (131 mg) mixed with 5.