Acid catalysed rearrangement of bis-(p-methoxyphenylcyclopropyl) ketone. Application of X-ray crystallography and nuclear Overhauser effect difference spectra to the structural elucidation of the epimeric hexahydrobenzindenones

Author(s):  
Kesra Hantawong ◽  
William S. Murphy ◽  
Derek R. Boyd ◽  
George Ferguson ◽  
Masood Parvez
1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (8) ◽  
pp. 1302-1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Stoessl ◽  
G. L. Rock ◽  
J. B. Stothers

A tricyclic diene, traversiadiene, isolated from cultures of Cercosporatraversiana has been shown to have the structure and stereochemistry of the previously postulated hydrocarbon intermediate on the biosynthetic pathway to traversianal (1). Detailed:1H and 13C magnetic resonance studies, including homo- and heteronuclear correlation spectra, led to the gross structure, and the stereochemistry was established through a series of nuclear Overhauser effect difference spectra. Keywords: diterpene, traversiadiene, 1H and 13C magnetic resonance spectra.


1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 1867-1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kajiwara ◽  
K Hara ◽  
K Takatori ◽  
K Matsumoto

Abstract The structure of the fluorescent derivative formed in the method of Okayama et al. (Clin Chem 1990; 36:1494-7) for determining delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) concentrations was reinvestigated after esterification. The molecular ion peak at m/z 303.1473 corresponded to the molecular formula of C17H21NO4 (calcd 303.1470). The infrared spectrum showed the presence of carbonyl and carboxyl groups. This compound contained two acetyl groups, two methyl groups, and one methoxycarbonylethyl group, as revealed by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance and 13C-1H shift-correlated spectroscopy. Experiments with correlation spectroscopy via long-range coupling indicated that the main skeleton is 3H-pyrrolizine. The relative arrangement of functional groups was determined by means of nuclear Overhauser effect difference experiments. We were led to the conclusion that the methyl ester of the derivative is 2,6-diacetyl-1,5-dimethyl-7-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)-3H-pyrrolizine. This structure was unequivocally confirmed by x-ray analysis; therefore, the structure of the derivative itself is 2,6-diacetyl-1,5-dimethyl-7-(2-carboxyethyl)-3H-pyrrolizine.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 1084-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Stoessl ◽  
G. L. Rock ◽  
J. B. Stothers ◽  
R. C. Zimmer

The structure of traversianal, a tricyclic diterpenoid fungal metabolite of Cercospora traversiana, has been elucidated through detailed 1H and 13C magnetic resonance studies, including homo- and heteronuclear correlation spectra of the natural product and examination of 13C-labelled material obtained by [1,2-13C2]acetate incorporation experiments. Its stereochemistry was established from a series of nuclear Overhauser effect difference spectra. The tricyclic carbon skeleton of traversianal is that of the fusicoccin/cotylenin and ophiobolane terpenes although the oxygenation pattern closely resembles the latter. Incorporation experiments with [2,2,2-2H3, 1-13C1]acetate revealed that traversianal arises by a sequence that differs substantially from that established for the fusicoccanes but rather resembles that previously shown for the ophiobolanes, in the retention of hydride at C-2, -10, and -14. However, the opposite configuration of the methyl group at C-3 suggests that the route to traversianal involves a terminal trans-geranylgeranyl unit instead of the cis unit implicated in ophiobolin generation.


Author(s):  
Gianluca Ciancaleoni

In the last 20 years, a huge amount of experimental results about halogen bonding (XB) has been produced. Most of the systems have been characterized by solid state X-ray crystallography, whereas in solution the only routine technique is the titration (by using 1H and 19F NMR, IR, UV-Vis or Raman spectroscopies, depending on the nature of the system), with the aim of characterizing the strength of the XB interaction. Unfortunately, the titration techniques have many intrinsic limitations and they should be coupled with other, more sophisticated techniques to have an accurate and detailed description of the geometry and stoichiometry of the XB adduct in solution. In this review, it will be shown how crucial information about XB adducts can be obtained by advanced NMR techniques, as Nuclear Overhauser Effect-based Spectroscopies (NOESY, ROESY, HOESY…) and diffusion NMR techniques (PGSE or DOSY).


1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (23) ◽  
pp. 4397-4403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip DeShong ◽  
C. Michael Dicken ◽  
Ronald R. Staib ◽  
Alan J. Freyer ◽  
Steven M. Weinreb

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (12) ◽  
pp. 1206-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kotovych ◽  
Gerdy H. M. Aarts ◽  
Klaus Bock

Nuclear Overhauser effect difference experiments on vitamins D2 and D3 at 400 MHz allow an unambiguous assignment to be made for the HE and HZ protons bonded to the C-19 carbon. This assignment is especially important since the A ring, and hence the C-19 atom, undergoes a conformational interconversion. The results indicate the importance of proton nOe difference experiments in determining points of configuration and they indicate that the assignment of resonances based on allylic coupling constants in a molecule undergoing a conformational equilibrium can be incorrect.


1988 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 974-979 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Liguori ◽  
R. Ottanà ◽  
G. Romeo ◽  
E. Rotondo ◽  
G. Sindona ◽  
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