Hymoins A-D: Two Pairs of Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols from Hypericum monogynum and Their Light-Induced Transformation

Org Lett. 2021 Apr 16;23(8):3125-3129. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00811. Epub 2021 Apr 5.

Abstract

Hymoins A-D (1-4), two pairs of light-induced transformative polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols with an unprecedented pentacyclic skeleton, were isolated from the flowers of Hypericum monogynum. The first decarbonylative ring contraction of complex natural products was investigated by light irradiation. Their structures were elucidated by nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, X-ray crystallography, and electronic circular dichroism calculations. In addition, compound 3 showed moderate inhibition efficacy of the platelet-activating-factor-induced aggregation of rabbit platelets.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Hypericum / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Phloroglucinol / chemistry*
  • Phloroglucinol / isolation & purification
  • Rabbits

Substances

  • Phloroglucinol