Methyl migrated cassane-type furanoditerpenes of Caesalpinia crista from Myanmar

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2005 Oct;53(10):1300-4. doi: 10.1248/cpb.53.1300.

Abstract

From the CH2Cl2 extract of seed kernels of Caesalpinia crista from Myanmar, two rare and biogenetically interesting methyl migrated cassane-type furanoditerpenes [caesalpinins MM (1) and MN (2)] and two normal cassane-type furanoditerpenes [caesalpinins MO (3) and MP (4)] have been isolated, together with eight known cassane-type diterpenes, 1-deacetoxy-1-oxocaesalmin C (5), 1-deacetylcaesalmin C (6), caesalmin C (7), bonducellpin C (8), caesaldekarin e (9), 2-acetoxycaesaldekarin e (10), 2-acetoxy-3-deacetoxycaesaldekarin e (11), and norcaesalpinin E (12). Among the known compounds, compounds 5 and 6 were for the first time isolated from a natural source. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by the use of spectroscopic techniques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Caesalpinia / chemistry*
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Diterpenes / chemistry*
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / standards
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Myanmar
  • Protons
  • Reference Standards
  • Seeds / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Diterpenes
  • Protons