7-hydroxy-3-(1-hydroxyethyl)-5-methoxy-3-4-dimethylisobenzofuran-a(3H)-one and 4, 8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4,5-trimethyIisochroman-1-one using MOPAC Software
A benzofuranone type of compound known as 7-hydroxy-3-(1-hydroxyethyl)-5methoxy-3,4-dimethylisobenzofuran-1 (3H)-one (1) and 4,8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4,5trimethylisochroman-l-one (2) were studied for the molecular modeling using MOPAC.Compound 1 was originally isolated from the fungus Leptosphaeria sp.KTC 727.Initial Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NM