VCD determination of the absolute configuration of stypotriol

Nat Prod Commun. 2009 Aug;4(8):1037-40.

Abstract

The absolute configuration of the pentacyclic ichthyotoxin stypotriol, a constituent of Stypopodium zonale, was deduced to be 3S,5R,8R,9R,10S,13S,14S-(-)-1 by vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy of the derived triacetate 2 in comparison to DFT B3LYP/DGDZVP calculations. Compound 2, C33H46O7 having 300 electrons, is the largest natural product successfully studied by VCD to date.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Circular Dichroism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Phaeophyceae / chemistry*
  • Polynesia
  • Terpenes / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification
  • Vibration

Substances

  • Terpenes
  • stypotriol