Rabenchromenone and Rabenzophenone, Phytotoxic Tetrasubstituted Chromenone and Hexasubstituted Benzophenone Constituents Produced by the Oak-Decline-Associated Fungus Fimetariella rabenhorstii

J Nat Prod. 2020 Feb 28;83(2):447-452. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01017. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

Abstract

A new phytotoxic tetrasubstituted chromen-4-one (1) and a new hexasubstituted benzophenone (2), named rabenchromenone and rabenzophenone, respectively, were isolated from the culture filtrates of Fimetariella rabenhorstii, an oak-decline-associated fungus in Iran. Rabenchromenone and rabenzophenone, isolated together with known moniliphenone (3) and coniochaetone A (4), were characterized as methyl 3-chloro-1,8-dihydroxy-6-methyl-9-oxo-1,9-dihydrocyclopenta[b]chromene-1-carboxylate and methyl 4-chloro-2-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoyl)-3-hydroxybenzoate, respectively, by spectroscopic methods (primarily nuclear magnetic resonance and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry). The R absolute configuration at C-1 of rabenchromenone was determined by quantum chemical calculations and electronic circular dichroism experiments. All metabolites (1-4) were tested by leaf puncture on tomato and oak plants. All compounds were active in this assay by causing in both plants a necrosis diameter in the range of 0.2-0.7 cm. Specifically, rabenzophenone (2) was found to be the most phytotoxic compound in both plants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzophenones / chemistry*
  • Benzopyrans / chemistry*
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Iran
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Plant Leaves
  • Quercus / chemistry*
  • Solanum lycopersicum / chemistry
  • Sordariales / chemistry*
  • Toxins, Biological / chemistry*

Substances

  • Benzophenones
  • Benzopyrans
  • Toxins, Biological

Supplementary concepts

  • Fimetariella rabenhorstii