Angelmarin (1), a novel anti-cancer agent, was efficiently synthesized through a highly enantioselective epoxidation and a copper cyanide-mediated esterification of the hindered alcohol as the key steps in 53% overall yield.
Eight new coumarins were isolated from the fruits of Seseli devenyense Simonkai. Their structures were established from NMR and mass data and their absolute configurations from chemical degradation correlation reactions. The new structures are the decanoic and dodecanoic esters of (+)-lomatin (3, 4), the decanoates of (+)-cis-khellactone at positions 4' (5) and 3' (6) as well as the 2'S epimer of 8-(2