4
Tetrahedron
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT
4.5. 6,7-O-isopropylidene achaetolide-II (4).
antifungal activity against Cochliobolus miyabeanus (IC50
>100 µg/mL). A cytotoxicity assay revealed moderate growth
inhibition of human colon adenocarcinoma (COLO 201) cells
(IC50 370 µg/mL). This molecule also inhibited root growth of
Lactuca sativa at 500 µg/mL.
A solution of 2 (49.0 mg, 122 µmol) in acetone (1.5 mL) was
left to stand in the presence of p-TsOH (1.5 mg) at room
temperature for 3 h. Et3N (one drop) was then added, and the
mixture was concentrated in vacuo. Column chromatography of
the residue on silica gel (hexane/EtOAc, 70:30) gave 4 (45.4 mg,
84%). The 1H NMR spectrum in CDCl3 indicated that the sample
4. Experimental
consisted of three conformers in
a 3:23:74 ratio. Only
representative signals for the major isomer are described: δ 0.87
(3H, t, J = 6.7 Hz), 1.18 (3H, d, J = 7.1 Hz), 1.22 (3H, d, J =
6.4 Hz), 1.25 (10H, m), 1.33, 1.44 (each 3H, s), 1.51 (1H, m),
1.60 (1H, d, J = 16.0 Hz), 1.61 (1H, m), 2.21 (1H, dt, J =16.0,
10.4 Hz), 2.42 (1H, dd, J = 7.8, 13.7 Hz), 2.46 (1H, quint J =
7.1 Hz), 3.12 (1H, dd, J = 7.8, 13.7 Hz), 3.90 (1H, m), 4.13 (1H,
m), 4.61 (1H, dd, J = 5.9, 9.1 Hz), 4.90 (1H, m), 5.57 (1H, q, J =
7.8 Hz), 5.69 (1H, dd, J = 7.8, 16.0 Hz), 5.89 (1H, dd, J = 9.1,
16.0 Hz).
4.1. General
Ultraviolet (UV) spectra were obtained using a Hitachi U-
2010 spectrophotometer. Electronic circular dichroism (ECD)
spectra were measured on a JASCO J-725 spectrometer. NMR
spectra were recorded on a JEOL JNM-ECX500 spectrometer.
Tetramethylsilane was used as internal standard (0 ppm) for both
1H and 13C NMR spectra in CDCl3. When deuteriomethanol was
used as the solvent, the residual proton signal (CD2HOD) was
used as an internal standard (3.31 ppm) in the 1H NMR spectrum.
In 13C NMR spectra recorded in deuteriomethanol, the solvent
signal was employed as an internal standard (13CD3OD:
49.15 ppm). Mass spectra were measured in electrospray
ionization (ESI) mode on a Hitachi NanoFrontier LD mass
spectrometer. In the assay, samples were observed at ×20
magnification using an Olympus CKX31 inverted microscope.
4.6. 3'-O-Acetyl-achaetolide-II (3).
A solution of the acetonide 4 thus obtained (45.4 mg,
103 µmol) in a mixture of pyridine (1.0 mL) and Ac2O (0.1 mL)
was left to stand at room temperature for 12 h. After
concentration in vacuo, column chromatography of the residue
on silica gel (hexane/EtOAc, 90:10) gave the acetate (48.6 mg,
97 %). The 1H NMR spectrum in CDCl3 indicated that the sample
was a mixture of two conformational isomers in a 9:91 ratio.
Only the signals for the major isomer are described: δ 0.88 (3H, t,
J = 6.7 Hz), 1.15 (3H, d, J = 7.2 Hz), 1.22 (3H, d, J = 6.4 Hz),
1.25 (10H, m), 1.33, 1.43 (each 3H, s), 1.51 (1H, m), 1.60 (1H, d,
J = 16.0 Hz), 1.62 (1H, m), 2.01 (3H, s), 2.21 (1H, dt, J = 16.0,
10.4 Hz), 2.33 (1H, dd, J = 8.5, 13.6 Hz), 2.69 (1H, quint, J =
7.2 Hz), 3.13 (1H, dd, J = 8.5, 13.6 Hz), 4.12 (1H, dd, J = 5.9,
10.4 Hz), 4.61 (1H, dd, J = 5.9, 9.1 Hz), 4.91 (1H, m), 5.09 (1H,
dq, J = 7.2, 6.4 Hz), 5.58 (1H, q, J = 8.5 Hz), 5.68 (1H, dd, J =
8.5, 15.9 Hz), 5.89 (1H, dd, J = 9.1, 15.9 Hz). A solution of the
acetate thus obtained (28.6 mg, 59 µmol) in MeOH (1.0 mL) was
left to stand in the presence of p-TsOH (1.0 mg) at room
temperature for 10 h. After neutralization by adding Et3N, the
mixture was concentrated in vacuo. Column chromatography of
the residue on silica gel (hexane/EtOAc, 85:15 → 45:55) gave 3
(13.8 mg, 49%) and recovered alcohol (12.7 mg, 49%),
respectively. [α]D25 −28 (c 0.5, CHCl3); IR (film): ν=3450, 2950,
4.2. Fungus.
The fungus was isolated from the surface of dead branches of
Sambucus sieboldiana around Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden,
Tokyo, Japan in 2002 and was identified as Helminthosporium
velutinum based on its morphological features.28 The fungus has
been deposited at the NIAS (National Institute of Agrobiological
Sciences) Genebank, Japan (ID: MAFF 243854).29
4.3. Calculations.
Conformational searches and chemical shift calculations were
performed using Spartan 14 (Wavefunction, Irvine, CA) installed
on a PC (Operating System: Windows 7 Professional, CPU:
Intel(Xeon) E5-1660 v2 processor 3.70 GHz, RAM 64 GB).
Theoretical ECD spectra were calculated with Gaussian 09
(Revision A.02 by Gaussian Inc., Wallingford, CT) with a PC
(Operating System: CentOS a Linux, CPU: 2 Intel Xeon 3 5550
processors 2.67 GHz, RAM 24 GB).
1
2930, 2860, 1740, 1240, 1160 cm-1. The H NMR spectrum in
CDCl3 indicated that the sample was a mixture of two
conformational isomers in a 3:1 ratio. Only representative signals
are described: (a 0.75, b 0.25) δ 0.87 (3H, m) 1.15 (3H × b, d, J =
7.0 Hz), 1.22 (3H × a, d, J = 7.1 Hz), 1.25 (3H × a, d, J = 6.3 Hz),
1.25 (10H, m), 1.49 (1H × a, d, J = 15.9 Hz), 1.52 (2H, m), 2.00
(3H × a, s), 2.01 (3H × b, s), 2.12 (1H × a, d, J = 6.8 Hz), 2.17
(1H × a, d, J = 3.4 Hz), 2.22 (1H × b, d, J = 6.4 Hz), 2.35 (1H × a,
m), 2.36 (1H × b, m), 2.42 (1H × b, d, J = 1.8 Hz), 2.55 (1H × a,
dd, J = 3.9, 12.7 Hz), 2.67 (1H × a, dd, J = 3.0, 12.7 Hz), 2.70
(1H × b, m), 2.76 (1H × a, quint., J = 7.1 Hz), 3.13 (1H × b, dd, J
= 7.6, 14.1 Hz), 3.60 (1H × b, m), 3.78 (1H × a, br t, J = 8.4 Hz),
4.36 (1H × b, br d, J = 7.0 Hz), 4.53 (1H × a, m), 4.75 (1H × a, dt,
J = 8.2, 6.3 Hz), 5.10 (1H × b, m), 5.12 (1H × a, dq, J = 7.2,
6.3 Hz), 5.48 (1H × b, m), 5.49 (1H × b, m), 5.61 (1H × a, m),
5.70 (1H × a, ddd, J = 1.0, 2.3, 15.8 Hz), 5.79 (1H × b, dd, J =
8.0, 15.5 Hz), 6.04 (1H × a, ddd, J = 2.1, 3.7, 15.8 Hz). Only the
13C NMR signals in CDCl3 for the major conformer are described.
δ 12.88, 14.08, 16.95, 21.24, 22.63, 25.00, 29.17, 29.45, 31.76,
36.79, 36.93, 41.34, 44.74, 68.66, 71.42, 73.03, 73.22, 75.30,
126.63, 127.17, 168.97, 170.15, 172.66. ESI-MS: m/z 443.2643
(C23H38O8, [M+H]+: 443.2639), 465.2459 (C23H38O8, [M+Na]+:
465.2459), 907.5018 (C46H76O16, [2M+Na]+: 907.5018).
4.4. Isolation.
Helminthosporium velutinum TS28 was cultured in potato-
sucrose medium (200 mL in 500 mL baffled Erlenmeyer flask
× 40) on a rotary shaker (110 rpm) at 27 °C for 14 days. After
filtration in suction, the recovered mycelium (820 g, wet weight)
was suspended in MeOH (2.2 L) at room temperature for 24 h.
After filtration in suction, the filtrate was concentrated under
reduced pressure until the volume became 300 mL. Water
(200 mL) was then added, and the resulting suspension was
extracted with EtOAc (2 × 1.0 L). The combined EtOAc extracts
were concentrated to give a crude residue (698 mg), which was
subjected to column chromatography on silica gel. The fraction
eluted with EtOAc/hexane (80:20) was recovered and
concentrated to give partially purified 2 (102 mg). A portion of
the sample (50 mg) was further purified by medium-pressure
column chromatography (Yamazen Universal Column ODS-SM
50 µm 120A, 50–80% MeOH/H2O for 100 min, 8.0 mL/min
flow) to give achaetolide II (2, 32 mg). The H and 13C NMR
1
spectral data are shown in Table 1. ESI-MS data are shown in the
text. Other physical data were follows: [α]D25 −41 (c 1.0, CHCl3);
UV data are shown in the text. IR (film): ν=3480, 2960, 2930,
2860, 1720, 1270, 1160 cm-1.
4.7. 3'-O-Acetyl-6,7-O-benzoyl achaetolide-II (5).