Melohemsines A-I, melodinus-type alkaloids from Melodinus hemsleyanus

July 28, 2017

Title

Melohemsines A-I, melodinus-type alkaloids from Melodinus hemsleyanus

Author

Jian Zhang, Yun Ding, Xiao-Jun Huang, Renwang Jiang, Ying Wang, Ping-Hua Sun, Run-zhu Fan, Xiao-Qi Zhang, Wen-Cai Ye

Year

2016

Journal

RSC Advances

Abstract

Nine new melodinus-type alkaloids, melohemsines A-I (1-9), together with eight known ones were isolated from Melodinus hemselyanus. The structures of new alkaloids including absolute configurations were elucidated on the basis of comprehensive spectroscopic and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) analyses and X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 is the first possessing a 6/6/5/5/6/3 hexacyclic ring skeleton system melodinus-type alkaloid. Compounds 2-3 are the first natural melodinus-type alkaloids reducing two carbon units at C-20.

Instrument

J-810

Keywords

Circular dichroism, Absolute configuration, Natural products, Pharmaceutical