A chlorinated dihydrobenzofuran from fourencia riparia

a new chlorinated compound, 5-acetyl-2,3-dihydro-2- (2-[1-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl])-benzofuran (1) has been isolated from the chloroformic extract of the aerial parts of flourensia riparia griseb., along with the previously known benzofuran 2,3-dihydro-11,12-dihydroxyeuparin (2). structural characterization was carried out by spectroscopic methods.