Dioxasampsones A and B, two polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with unusual epoxy-ring-fused skeleton from Hypericum sampsonii

Org Lett. 2014 Dec 19;16(24):6346-9. doi: 10.1021/ol503122m. Epub 2014 Dec 3.

Abstract

Dioxasampsones A and B (1 and 2), two new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with an unusual epoxy-ring-fused skeleton by new ways of cyclization, along with a new nor-PPAPs hypersampson R (3) with the loss of C-31-33 in isopentenyl, were isolated from the aerial parts of Hypericum sampsonii. 1 possessed an unexpected hexacyclic skeleton with a rare 2,7-dioxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane moiety, and 2 featured a unique tetrahydrofuro[3,4-b]furan-fused tricycle[4.3.1.1(5,7)]undecane skeleton. The gross structures of the new compounds were determined by extensive NMR spectroscopic methods. Their absolute configurations were deduced by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and ECD calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phloroglucinol / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry*
  • Phloroglucinol / isolation & purification
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Epoxy Compounds
  • dioxasampsone A
  • dioxasampsone D
  • Phloroglucinol