Combination of Machine Learning and Empirical Computation for the Structural Validation of Trirosaline, a Natural Trimeric Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid from Catharanthus roseus

Org Lett. 2024 Jan 12;26(1):274-279. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03972. Epub 2023 Dec 22.

Abstract

Chemical investigation of the emblematic Catharanthus roseus led to the discovery of trirosaline (1), the first example of a tris-ajmalicine-type monoterpene indole alkaloid and the first natural trimeric MIA ever reported from this deeply dug plant species. Its structure was primarily elucidated based on NMR and HRESIMS analyses, and the nature of its unique intermonomeric linkages was firmly confirmed based on a combination of empirical computation and ML-J-DP4 study. Its absolute configuration was mitigated by comparison of experimental and TDDFT-simulated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. A possible biosynthetic pathway for trirosaline (1) was postulated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catharanthus* / chemistry
  • Catharanthus* / metabolism
  • Indole Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Machine Learning
  • Monoterpenes
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids*

Substances

  • Monoterpenes
  • Indole Alkaloids
  • Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids
  • Plant Proteins