abstract:In IUPAC nomenclature, a parent structure, parent compound, parent name or simply parent is the denotation for a compound consisting of an unbranched chain of skeletal atoms (not necessarily carbon), or consisting of an unsubstituted monocyclic or polycyclic ring system.
Seeing thatChrysophanolhasthe same basicparentstructurewithRhein, Rhein was synthesized through acetylation, oxidationanddeacetylationreaction taking Chrysophanol as raw material.