Tetrahedron: Asymmetry
Four new norlignan glycoside isomers from the twigs
of Cephalotaxus oliveri Mast.
Fan-Cheng Meng , Hui Liu a,b, Xiao-Jun Huang a,b, Yu Chang , Dai Ren , Li-Gen Lin , Qing-Qian Zeng ,
Qing-Wen Zhang
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State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao
JNU-HKUST Joint Laboratory for Neuroscience & Innovative Drug Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
Guangdong Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510520, PR China
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Article history:
Received 12 July 2017
Revised 4 October 2017
Accepted 11 October 2017
Available online 16 November 2017
Four novel isomers of norlignan glycoside were isolated from Cephalotaxus oliveri Mast.. Their structures
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were elucidated as 3S-4 -O-b-
D
-glucopyranosylnyasol 1, 3S-4 -O-b-
D
-glucopyranosylnyasol 2, 3S-4 -O-b-
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D
-glucopyranosylhinokiresinol 3, 3S-4 -O-b-
D-glucopyranosylhinokiresinol 4 by extensive spectroscopic
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methods including 1D and 2D NMR experiments ( H, C, DEPT, H– H COSY, HSQC, HMBC, ROESY) along
with HR-ESIMS and comparison to literature data. Their absolute configurations were elucidated through
CD spectra coupled with the quantum chemical CD calculations.
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. Introduction
Cephalotaxus oliveri Mast. (Cephalotaxaceae) is mainly dis-
2. Results and discussion
The molecular formula of compound 1 was determined to be
tributed in Vietnam, and the Southeast and Southwest regions of
China. Phytochemical investigations showed that alkaloids includ-
C
+NH
calcd for C23
23
H
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O
7
in agreement with its HR-ESIMS data (m/z 432.2003 [M
1
+
ꢀ
4
] , calcd for C23
H
30
O
7
N 432.2022 and m/z 413.1585 [MꢀH] ,
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ing cephalotaxine type and homoerythrina type alkaloids were the
main constituents of Cephalotaxus genus. Lactones, flavonoids,
essential oil and other natural compounds were also found from
C. oliveri and other plants of Cephalotaxus genus.2 Recent studies
have revealed that the bioactive components from Cephalotaxus-
genus have pharmacological activities, such as anti-tumor, anti-
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H O
7
413.1600). The H NMR spectrum of 1 showed
the signals of two para-disubstituted aromatic rings [d 7.11 (d,
2H, J = 8.5 Hz), 7.04 (d, 2H, J = 8.7 Hz); 7.14 (d, 2H, J = 8.7 Hz),
6.73 (d, 2H, J = 8.5 Hz)] and those of a vinyl group [d 5.12 (br d,
1H, J = 16.7 Hz), 5.12 (br d, 1H, J = 10.8 Hz) and 6.01 (ddd, 1H, J =
16.7, 10.8, 6.1 Hz)] and a vinylene (d 6.49, d, 1H, J = 11.4 Hz; 5.65,
dd, 1H, J = 11.4, 9.7 Hz). The signals at d 6.01 and 5.65 are further
coupled with a hydrogen at d 4.50 (dd, 1H, J = 9.7, 6.4 Hz), which
indicated the existence of a 1,4-pentadiene group. The 1,4-pentadi-
ene 1,3-disubstituted by two para-disubstituted aromatic rings
were confirmed by the correlation between the hydrogen at d
4.50 (dd, 1H, J = 9.7, 6.1 Hz) and a quaternary carbon at d 138.8,
and the correlation between the hydrogen at d 6.49 (d, 1H,
J = 11.4 Hz) and a quaternary carbon at d 129.8 in the HMBC spec-
trum. Due to the coupling constant between H-1 and H-2 (J = 11.4
Hz), the configuration of the double bond was determined as Z. A
–5
5
–11
oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-phytoviral activities.
Some cephalotaxine type alkaloids, such as homoharringtonine,
showed potent anti-cancer activity. Homoharringtonine had been
approved by the Food and Drug Administration of USA for the
treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase or
accelerated phase.
Herein, we report the isolation of four new norlignan glycoside
isomers from C. oliveri. Their structures were elucidated by exten-
sive spectroscopic methods including 1D and 2D NMR experiments
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(
H, C, DEPT, H– H COSY, ROESY, HSQC, HMBC) along with
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HR-ESIMS and comparison of CD spectra with quantum chemical
calculated CD spectra.
doublet at d 4.88 (d, 1H, J = 7.4 Hz) whose C NMR signals at d
102.3, indicated the existence of a b-glucopyranosyl. Based on
the information above, compound 1 was deduced to be a glucoside
of nyasol. The glycosidic linkage is hard to determine by HMBC due
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to the very closely chemical shifts of C-4 and C-4 (d 157.7 and
57.6). However, the correlation between the anomeric hydrogen
1
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of the glucopyranosyl and the H-3 , 5 could be observed in the
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