Leptosperols A and B, Two Cinnamoylphloroglucinol-Sesquiterpenoid Hybrids from Leptospermum scoparium: Structural Elucidation and Biomimetic Synthesis

Org Lett. 2020 Mar 6;22(5):1796-1800. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00109. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Abstract

Leptosperols A and B (1 and 2), two cinnamoylphloroglucinol-sesquiterpenoid hybrids featuring unprecedented 1-benzyl-2-(2-phenylethyl) cyclodecane and 2-benzyl-3-phenylethyl decahydronaphthalene backbones, along with their biosynthetic precursor (3), were isolated from Leptospermum scoparium. Compounds 1 and 2 represent the first example of phloroglucinol derivatives biogenetically constructed by a De Mayo reaction. The biomimetic synthesis of leptosperol B (2) was achieved using the proposed biosynthetic pathway. In addition, compounds 1 and 2 showed significant anti-inflammatory effects in zebrafish acute inflammatory models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetics
  • Leptospermum / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phloroglucinol / analogs & derivatives
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemical synthesis
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Phloroglucinol