Weizhouochrones: Gorgonian-Derived Symmetric Dimers and Their Structure Elucidation Using Anisotropic NMR Combined with DP4+ Probability and CASE-3D

J Nat Prod. 2022 Jul 22;85(7):1730-1737. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00257. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Abstract

Natural product dimers have intriguing structural features and often have remarkable pharmacological activities. We report here two uncommon marine gorgonian-derived symmetric dimers, weizhouochrones A (1) and B (2), with indenone-derived monomers, that were isolated from the coral Anthogorgia ochracea collected from the South China Sea. These dimers are difficult targets for structure elucidation that solely relies upon conventional NMR data such as NOEs and J-couplings. Here, to explore the application of emerging methods on the structure elucidation of challenging molecules, we explored a number of different anisotropic and computational NMR approaches. The measurements of anisotropic NMR parameters of weizhouochrone A, including residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) and residual chemical shift anisotropy (RCSA), allowed us to successfully determine the planar structure and its relative configuration. This result was corroborated by a computational NMR analysis based on DP4+ probability and computer-assisted 3D structure elucidation (CASE-3D).

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anisotropy
  • Anthozoa* / chemistry
  • Biological Products* / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Probability

Substances

  • Biological Products