Revised Absolute Configurations of Latifolic Acid and the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Latifoline

1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
JN Roitman ◽  
RY Wong

The absolute stereochemistry of (+)- latifolk acid has been determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis to be (2S,3R,4R)-3- hydroxy-2,4-dimethyl-5-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylic acid. The configuration of the three chiral centres is opposite to that presently recorded in the literature. Accordingly, the configuration of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid, latifoline, which includes a latifolic acid side chain, must be revised.

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1375-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Rosenthal ◽  
Hans J. Koch

3,4,6-Tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of dicobalt octacarbonyl to yield a mixture of two epimeric anhydrodeoxyheptitols, namely, 4,5,7-tri-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-manno-heptitol (I) and 4,5,7-tri-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-gluco-heptitol (II). De-O-acetylation of the mixture, followed by chromatographic separation, yielded crystalline 2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-manno-heptitol (III) and 2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-gluco-heptitol (IV). Reaction of the mixture of heptitols (I) and (II) with p-bromobenzenesulfonyl chloride, followed by fractional crystallization of the brosylates, gave pure 4,5,7-tri-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-1-O-(p-bromophenylsulfonyl)-3-deoxy-D-gluco-heptitol (VII). The absolute configuration of (VII) has been previously established by X-ray crystallographic analysis. The absolute configuration of (III) was established by correlation with that of (VII). The conversion of compound (II) into various derivatives is described.Reaction of 3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal with carbon monoxide and deuterium afforded 2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-manno-heptitol-1,1,3-2H3 (XIII) and 2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-gluco-heptitol-1,1,3-2H3 (XIV). Examination of the nuclear magnetic resonance (n.m.r.) spectra of the normal and deuterated anhydrodeoxyheptitols confirmed the structural assignments and showed that cis addition to the double bond took place to give (XIV).Comparison of the exchange reaction of sodium iodide with 4,5,7-tri-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-1-O-tosyl-D-gluco-heptitol (VIII) and with 4,5,7-tri-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-1-O-tosyl-D-manno-heptitol (XV) revealed that the equatorial primary tosyloxy group of (VIII) was exchanged by iodine twice as readily as the axial primary tosyloxy group of (XV).


1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1777 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Bhandari ◽  
N Chaichit ◽  
AI Gray ◽  
BW Skelton ◽  
PG Waterman ◽  
...  

The stereochemistry of hispidol-B has been confirmed as (3S,23R,24S)- tirucall-7-ene-3,23,24,25-tetrol by means of a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study.


1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melvyn Gill ◽  
Petra M. Millar ◽  
Evelin Raudies ◽  
Somphone Phonh-Axa ◽  
Jonathan M. White ◽  
...  

The structure and absolute stereochemistry of the fungal metabolite dermocanarin 10 (2), which differs from all previous members of the dermocanarin group by virtue of the connectivity between the anthraquinone and dimethoxynaphthol rings, is deduced from spectroscopic data and confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray structure analysis.


1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 2737 ◽  
Author(s):  
BF Bowden ◽  
JC Coll ◽  
SJ Mitchell ◽  
BW Skelton ◽  
AH White

The isolation of two new sesquiterpenes (3) and (8) and a novel nor sesquiterpene (16) from Lemnalia africana is reported. In each case, the absolute stereochemistry was deduced chemically and spectroscopically, and confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray study on a suitable derivative (7).


1992 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 451 ◽  
Author(s):  
CCJ Culvenor ◽  
MF Mackay

The absolute structure of latifoline, a pyrrolizidine diester alkaloid of retronecine and latifolic and angelic acids, has been defined by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis of the hydrobromide salt hydrate. Orthorhombic crystals of C20H27NO7.HBr.H2O belong to the space group P 2′2′2′ with a 7.279(1), b 17.898(3), c 17.922(2) � and V 2334-9(8) � 3 . The structure has been refined to an R index of 0.054 for 1725 observed terms. The absolute configuration has been assigned by comparison with that of retronecine and also determined independently by X-ray examination of selected Bijvoet pairs. Our results have shown that the absolute structure of latifolic acid is 13S,14R,19S (2R,3S,4S in latifolic acid numbering), and not the stereoisomer reported recently by Roitman and Wong.


1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1459-1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Harada ◽  
Tatsuo Sugioka ◽  
Hisashi Uda ◽  
Takeo Kuriki

The 8aR absolute stereochemistry of Wieland-Miescher ketone (-)-I was established by the X-ray structure analysis of its bis(4-bromobenzoate) derivatives (1R,6R,8aR)-(+)-IV and (1R,6S,8aR)-(-)-V. The absolute configuration of (-)-I was corroborated further by the application of the CD exciton chirality method to bis(4-bromobenzoates) (+)-IV and (-)-V.


1989 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann Krupa ◽  
Helmut Lackner ◽  
Peter G. Jones ◽  
Karen Schmidt-Bäse ◽  
George M. Sheldrick

The absolute configurations of the known juglomycins A (1) and B (2) have been elucidated by single crystal X-ray structure analysis of 1 and its 6,8-dibromo derivative (1b). The structure of 2 has been corrected; it differs from 1 in its configuration at C-4', and not at C-3' as previously assumed. Relationships with the closely related isochromanquinone antibiotics are discussed.


1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Lynch ◽  
Lisa C. Thomas ◽  
Graham Smith ◽  
Karl A. Byriel ◽  
Colin H. L. Kennard

The crystal structure of the 1 : 1 adduct of N-methylaniline with 5-nitrofuran-2-carboxylic acid has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/c with Z 4 in a cell of dimensions a 8·467(5), b 6·106(2), c 23·95(1) Å, β 94·48(3)°. The molecules associate in a tetrameric, proton-transfer formation which has potential as a new supramolecular synthon.


2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Brimble ◽  
Fares A. Fares ◽  
Peter Turner

A new method has been established for the preparation of C 2-oxidized 5,5-spiroacetals, which are key intermediates for the synthesis of the bis-spiroacetal moiety of the spirolides. A bridged orthoester was used as a masked carboxylic acid in the preparation of these bicyclic oxaspirolactones. The synthesis of chiral lactone (12), a building block for the synthesis of the spirolides, is also reported. The two chiral centres in lactone (12) were assembled by addition of a chiral crotyl borane to an aldehyde. The structure of lactone (12) was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction; orthorhombic space group P212121 (No. 19), a 12.437(2), b 23.881(4), c 7.545(1) Å, V 2240.9(5) Å3, R(F) 0.0460, and Rw(F) 0.0458.


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