Phloroglucinol derivatives and a chromone glucoside from the leaves of Myrtus communis

May 22, 2018

Title

Phloroglucinol derivatives and a chromone glucoside from the leaves of Myrtus communis

Author

Naonobu Tanaka, Yuyu Jia, Kanji Niwa, Kiyoshi Imabayashi, Yutaka Tatano, Hideki Yagi, Yoshiki Kashiwada

Year

2018

Journal

Tetrahedron

Abstract

Seven new phloroglucinol derivatives, myrtucommunins A–D (1–4), 6-methylisomyrtucommulone B (5), 4-methylmyrtucommulone B (6), and 2-isobutyryl-4-methylphloroglucinol 1-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (7), and one new chromone derivative, undulatoside A 6′-O-gallate (8), were isolated from the leaves of Myrtus communis(Myrtaceae). Myrtucommunins A–D (1–4) were conjugates of polymethylated acylphloroglucinol and flavonol rhamnoside. The absolute configurations of the rhamnosyl moieties for 1–4 were confirmed to be l in each case by HPLC analyses, while those of the aglycones were assigned by comparisons of the experimental and TDDFT calculated ECD spectra. 6-Methylisomyrtucommulone B (5) and 4-methylmyrtucommulone B (6) were assigned as 6/6/6 tricyclic acylphloroglucinol derivatives with a racemic nature. Antimicrobial activities of 1–8 and related known compounds were evaluated.

Instrument

J-1500

Keywords

Circular dichroism, Absolute configuration, Natural products, Pharmaceutical