extracting ground seeds in a Soxhlet apparatus. Commercially available olive, sunflower, and flaxseed oils were used to
isolate OA, LA, and ALA. FAs were isolated from oils by hydrolysis with KOH/MeOH (10%). Concentrates of OA, LA,
ALA, and GLA were produced by treating the corresponding acid mixture with saturated urea solution in EtOH (FA–urea, 1:3;
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0°C, 1 h; room temp., 3 h; 10°C, 24 h). The concentrate of the corresponding acid was extracted from the mother liquor
(
H O, HCl, Et O) as before [11]. The quantitative content of acid in the mother liquor was estimated by methylating it with
2
2
CH N and analyzing it by GC.
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2
General Method for Preparing FA Acid Chlorides. A solution of the appropriate FA (0.002 mol) in anhydrous
C H (15 mL) was stirred, treated with oxalyl chloride (0.19 mL, 0.0022 mol), held at room temperature under Ar for 6 h, and
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evaporated in a rotary evaporator. The product was again dissolved in C H and evaporated to remove traces of oxalyl
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chloride and dissolved in anhydrous CH Cl (15 mL) for subsequent acylation of N-deacetyllappaconitine (1).
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General Method for Acylation of N-deacetyllappaconitine (1) by FA Chlorides. A solution of 1 (2 mmol) and
Et N (0.26 mL, 2 mmol) in anhydrous CH Cl (15 mL) was treated with a solution of the appropriate FA chloride.
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2
The mixture was stirred at room temperature under Ar for 4 h. The course of the reaction was monitored by TLC. The mixture
was washed with soda solution (10%, 10 mL), dried over Na SO , and evaporated. The residue was dried in vacuo and
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purified by column chromatography over SiO (60/150 μm) using C H –MeOH (0.5–2 vol%).
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N-9-Octadecamonoenoyl-N-deacetyllappaconitine (2). Yield 58%. Mass spectrum (EI, 70 eV), m/z (I , %): 806
M , 1), 405 (100). IR spectrum (ÊÂr, ν, cm ): 1700 (Ñ=Î), 1681 (NHÑO), 1130–1080 (Ñ–Î). Í NMR spectrum
rel
+
–1
1
(
(
500 MHz, ÑDCl , δ, ppm, J/Hz): 0.88 (3Í, t, J = 7.0, Í-18′′), 1.13 (3Í, t, J = 7.1, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 1.60 (1Í, dd, J = 15.0, 8.2,
3
3
2
Í -6), 1.81 (1Í, m, Í -3), 1.99 (1Í, m, Í -12), 2.04 (1Í, m, Í -15), 2.11 (1Í, m, Í-10), 2.17 (1Í, m, Í-7), 2.18 (1Í, m,
a
a
a
a
Í -2), 2.30 (1Í, m, Í -2), 2.38 (1Í, m, Í-13), 2.40 (1Í, m, Í -15), 2.42 (1Í, m, Í-5), 2.51 (1Í, m, Í -12), 2.52 (1Í, m,
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b
b
b
ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 2.57 (1Í, d, J = 11.4, Í -19), 2.58 (1Í, m, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 2.67 (1Í, m, Í -3), 2.71 (1Í, dd, J = 15.0, 7.5, Í -6), 3.02
3
à
a
3
b
b
b
(
1Í, s, Í-17), 3.19 (1Í, m, Í-1), 3.30 (3Í, s, 1-ÎÑÍ ), 3.31 (1Í, m, Í-16), 3.32 (3Í, s, 16-ÎÑÍ ), 3.41 (3Í, s, 14-ÎÑÍ ),
3 3 3
3
.45 (1Í, d, J = 4.6, Í-14), 3.60 (1Í, d, J = 11.4, Í -19), 5.34 (2Í, m, Í-9′′, 10′′), 7.02 (1Í, t, J = 7.6, Í-5′), 7.49 (1Í, t,
b
1
3
J = 7.4, 8.2, Í-4′), 7.92 (1Í, d, J = 8.1, Í-6′), 8.70 (1Í, d, J = 8.5, Í-3′), 11.07 (1Í, s, NÍ). C NMR spectrum (125 MHz,
ÑDCl , δ, ppm): 84.2 (ÑÍ, Ñ-1), 26.8 (ÑÍ , Ñ-2), 31.8 (ÑÍ , Ñ-3), 84.5 (Ñ, Ñ-4), 48.5 (ÑÍ, Ñ-5), 24.1 (ÑÍ , Ñ-6), 47.6 (ÑÍ,
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2
2
2
Ñ-7), 75.6 (Ñ, Ñ-8), 78.6 (Ñ, Ñ-9), 49.8 (ÑÍ, Ñ-10), 51.0 (Ñ, Ñ-11), 26.2 (ÑÍ , Ñ-12), 36.3 (ÑÍ, Ñ-13), 90.1 (ÑÍ, Ñ-14), 44.8
2
(
ÑÍ , Ñ-15), 82.9 (ÑÍ, Ñ-16), 61.5 (ÑÍ, Ñ-17), 55.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-19), 49.0 (ÑÍ , Ñ-21), 13.6 (ÑÍ , Ñ-22), 56.6 (ÑÍ , 1-OCH ),
2 2 2 3 3 3
5
7.9 (ÑÍ , 14-OCH ), 56.1 (ÑÍ , 16-OCH ), 167.5 (Ñ, 4-OCO), 115.8 (Ñ, Ñ-1′), 141.8 (Ñ, Ñ-2′), 120.3 (ÑÍ, Ñ-3′), 134.4
3 3 3 3
(
ÑÍ, Ñ-4′), 122.2 (ÑÍ, Ñ-5′), 131.1 (ÑÍ, Ñ-6′), 172.3 (Ñ, NÍCO), 38.7 (ÑÍ , Ñ-2′′), 25.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-3′′), 29.2–29.8 (6 × ÑÍ ,
2 2 2
Ñ-4′′, 5′′, 6′′, 13′′, 14′′, 15′′), 29.8 (2 × ÑÍ , Ñ-7′′, 12′′), 27.1 (2 × ÑÍ , Ñ-8′′, 11′′), 129.8 (ÑÍ, Ñ-9′′), 130.0 (ÑÍ, Ñ-10′′), 31.9
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2
(
ÑÍ , Ñ-16′′), 22.7 (ÑÍ , Ñ-17′′), 14.1 (ÑÍ , Ñ-18′′).
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2
3
N-9,12-Octadecadienoyl-N-deacetyllappaconitine (3). Yield 63%. Mass spectrum (EI, 70 eV), m/z (I , %): 804
M , 1), 405 (100). IR spectrum (ÊÂr, ν, cm ): 1700 (Ñ=Î), 1682 (NHÑO), 1130–1180 (Ñ–Î). Í NMR spectrum (500 MHz,
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+
–1
1
(
ÑDCl , δ, ppm, J/Hz): 0.88 (3Í, t, J = 7.0, Í-18′′), 1.12 (3Í, t, J = 7.1, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 1.59 (1Í, dd, J = 15.1, 8.3, Í -6), 1.80
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3
2
a
(
1Í, m, Í -3), 1.98 (1Í, m, Í -12), 2.01 (1Í, m, Í -15), 2.10 (1Í, m, Í-10), 2.15 (1Í, m, Í-7), 2.17 (1Í, m, Í -2), 2.29 (1Í,
a a a a
m, Í -2), 2.37 (1Í, m, Í-13), 2.39 (1Í, m, Í-5), 2.40 (1Í, m, Í -15), 2.50 (1Í, m, Í -12), 2.51 (1Í, m, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 2.54
b
b
b
3
a
(
1Í, d, J = 11.4, Í -19), 2.56 (1Í, m, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 2.64 (1Í, m, Í -3), 2.68 (1Í, dd, J = 15.1, 7.4, Í -6), 3.00 (1Í, s, Í-17),
a 3 b b b
3
.18 (1Í, m, Í-1), 3.29 (3Í, s, 1-ÎÑÍ ), 3.30 (1Í, m, Í-16), 3.31 (3Í, s, 16-ÎÑÍ ), 3.40 (3Í, s, 14-ÎÑÍ ), 3.44 (1Í, d,
3 3 3
J = 4.7, Í-14), 3.58 (1Í, d, J = 11.4, Í -19), 5.35 (4Í, m, Í-9′′, 10′′, 12′′, 13′′), 7.01 (1Í, t, J = 7.6, Í-5′), 7.48 (1Í, t, J = 7.9,
b
1
3
Í-4′), 7.92 (1Í, d, J = 8.1, Í-6′), 8.70 (1Í, d, J = 7.9, Í-3′), 11.06 (1Í, s, NÍ). C NMR spectrum (125 MHz, ÑDCl , δ,
3
ppm): 84.2 (ÑÍ, Ñ-1), 26.8 (ÑÍ , Ñ-2), 31.8 (ÑÍ , Ñ-3), 84.5 (Ñ, Ñ-4), 48.6 (ÑÍ, Ñ-5), 24.1 (ÑÍ , Ñ-6), 47.6 (ÑÍ, Ñ-7), 75.6
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2
(
Ñ, Ñ-8), 78.6 (Ñ, Ñ-9), 49.8 (ÑÍ, Ñ-10), 51.0 (Ñ, Ñ-11), 26.2 (ÑÍ , Ñ-12), 36.3 (ÑÍ, Ñ-13), 90.1 (ÑÍ, Ñ-14), 44.9 (ÑÍ ,
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2
Ñ-15), 82.9 (ÑÍ, Ñ-16), 61.5 (ÑÍ, Ñ-17), 55.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-19), 49.0 (ÑÍ , Ñ-21), 13.6 (ÑÍ , Ñ-22), 56.6 (ÑÍ , 1-OCH ), 57.9
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2
3
3
3
(
ÑÍ , 14-OCH ), 56.1 (ÑÍ , 16-OCH ), 167.5 (Ñ, 4-OCO), 115.8 (Ñ, Ñ-1′), 141.8 (Ñ, Ñ-2′), 120.3 (ÑÍ, Ñ-3′), 134.4 (ÑÍ,
3 3 3 3
Ñ-4′), 122.2 (ÑÍ, Ñ-5′), 131.1 (ÑÍ, Ñ-6′), 172.2 (Ñ, NÍCO), 38.7 (ÑÍ , Ñ-2′′), 25.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-3′′), 29.2–29.8 (5 × ÑÍ , Ñ-4′′,
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2
5
′′, 6′′, 7′′, 15′′), 27.2 (2 × ÑÍ , Ñ-8′′, 14′′), 130.0 (ÑÍ, Ñ-9′′), 128.0 (ÑÍ, Ñ-10′′), 26.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-11′′), 128.8 (ÑÍ, Ñ-12′′), 130.1
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(
ÑÍ, Ñ-13′′), 31.5 (ÑÍ , Ñ-16′′), 22.6 (ÑÍ , Ñ-17′′), 14.1 (ÑÍ , Ñ-18′′).
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3
N-9,12,15-Octadecatrienoyl-N-deacetyllappaconitine (4). Yield 61%. Mass spectrum (EI, 70 eV), m/z (I , %):
02 (M , 1), 405 (100). IR spectrum (ÊÂr, ν, cm ): 1700 (Ñ=Î), 1682 (NHÑO), 1130–1080 (Ñ–Î). Í NMR spectrum
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+
–1
1
8
(
500 MHz, ÑDCl , δ, ppm, J/Hz): 0.87 (3Í, t, J = 6.8, Í-18′′), 1.11 (3Í, t, J = 7.5, ÑÍ ÑÍ N), 1.59 (1Í, dd, J = 15.1, 8.3,
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3
2
Í -6), 1.80 (1Í, m, Í -3), 2.00 (1Í, m, Í -12), 2.02 (1Í, m, Í -15), 2.09 (1Í, m, Í-10), 2.16 (1Í, m, Í-7), 2.18 (1Í, m,
a
a
a
a
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