A new hopane derivative from the lichen Dirinaria applanata

Nat Prod Res. 2021 Apr;35(7):1167-1171. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2019.1644511. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the lichen Dirinaria applanata led to isolate nine compounds including a new hopane derivative, 1β-acetoxy-21α-hopane-3β,22-diol (1) together with six phenolic compounds naming divaricatinic acid (2), methyl divaricatinate (3), methyl-β-orcinolcarboxylate (4), methyl haematommate (5), divarinol (6), ramalinic acid A (7), and two xanthones namely lichenxanthone (8), 4,5-dichlorolichenxanthone (9). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data in combination with published literature. Except compound 2, all compounds were isolated from this species for the first time.

Keywords: 1β-acetoxy-21α-hopane-3β,22-diol; Dirinaria applanata; lichen.

MeSH terms

  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Carbon-13 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Triterpenes / chemistry
  • Triterpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Triterpenes
  • hopane

Supplementary concepts

  • Dirinaria applanata