Pterolobirins A and B, Oxygen-Bridged Cassane Diterpenoid Dimers from the Fruits of Pterolobium macropterum

J Nat Prod. 2020 Jul 24;83(7):2241-2245. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00354. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Abstract

Two dimeric cassane diterpenoids with an unprecedented 6/6/6/6/6/5/6/6/6 nonacyclic framework, pterolobirins A and B (1 and 2), were isolated from the fruits of Pterolobium macropterum. Their structures were assigned by interpreting the spectroscopic data. The absolute configuration of 1 was unequivocally confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. A putative biosynthetic pathway is proposed based on a regular intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction and an intramolecular nucleophilic addition.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Caesalpinia / chemistry*
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Dimerization
  • Diterpenes / chemistry
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods

Substances

  • Diterpenes
  • Oxygen