Structures of breynins A and B, architecturally complex orally active, hypocholesterolemic spiroketal glycosides
作者:Amos B. Smith、Terence P. Keenan、Rex T. Gallagher、George T. Furst、Peter G. Dormer
DOI:10.1021/jo00045a022
日期:1992.9
Breynin A and its oxy congener, breynin B, were reisolated from the woody portion of the Taiwanese shrub Breynia officinalis Hemsl and formulated as 1 and 2, respectively. An arsenal of NMR techniques including DEPT, heteronuclear chemical shift correlation, H-1-H-1 COSY, and inverse long-range H-1-C-13 experiments were employed. Of particular importance for the NMR study was the preparation of breynin A undecaacetate (11). The analysis independently generated structure 1, confirming the assignment for breynin A recently reported by Ohkuma et al. However, spectral data and direct oxidation of breynin A to B demonstrated that the latter is not the hemithioacetal 8 as suggested by Ohkuma, but rather the isomeric sulfoxide 2. Improved purification of the Breynia glycosides via droplet counter-current distribution and HPLC is also described.