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Published on: October 4, 2019
Diterpenes from Laennecia sophiifolia
M J Simirgiotis1, L S Favier, P C Rossomando
1INTEQUI-CONICET-Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina.
Abstract:
From the aerial parts of Laennecia sophiifolia (Kunth) G.L. Nesom, a neo-clerodane and an acyclic furano diterpene were isolated, along with four known compounds, 2beta-hydroxyhardwickiic acid, hawtriwaic acid, apigenin, and beta-sitosterol. Their structures were established as 12-epi-bacchotricuneatin A and (2E,6E)-9-(3-furyl)-6-methyl-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-nona-2,6-dienoic acid, by analysis of spectral evidence. The absolute structure of 12-epi-bacchotricuneatin A was determined by a circular dichroism spectral comparison with that of bacchotricuneatin A.
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