(+)- and (-)-Alternarilactone A: Enantiomers with a Diepoxy-Cage-like Scaffold from an Endophytic Alternaria sp

J Nat Prod. 2019 Apr 26;82(4):735-740. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00571. Epub 2019 Feb 15.

Abstract

The enantiomers (+)- and (-)-alternarilactone A (1), the first examples of dibenzo-α-pyrones bearing a diepoxy-cage-like moiety, were isolated from the endophytic fungus Alternaria sp. hh930. The deficiency in 1H-1H COSY and HMBC correlations caused by the highly oxidized caged system of 1 and the deceptive and ambiguous signals such as "W" couplings in NMR data increased the risk of structure misassignment of 1. By performing a quantum chemical calculation of the NMR chemical shifts together with a DP4+ probability analysis and single-crystal X-ray crystallographic experiment, their structures were unambiguously determined, and their absolute configurations were determined by ECD calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alternaria / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Epoxy Compounds / chemistry
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Epoxy Compounds