Bumaldosides A, B and C from the leaves of Staphylea bumalda

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Two new aliphatic diglycosides and a phenolic glucoside (4, 5 and 7) have been isolated from leaves of Staphylea bumalda DC, together with three known compounds, benzyl and phenethyl alcohol glycosides (1 and 2), and zingerone β-D-glucopyranoside (6). 2-Ethyl-3-methylmaleimide N-glucopyran-oside (3) was first isolated as a free form. Their structures were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analysis.

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Received, 6th April, 2009, Accepted, 4th June, 2009, Published online, 8th June, 2009
DOI: 10.3987/COM-09-S(S)22
BUMALDOSIDES A, B AND C FROM THE LEAVES OF STAPHYLEA
BUMALDA
Hideaki Otsuka,* Qian Yu, and Katsuyoshi Matsunami
Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,
Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumu, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan
Abstract – Two new aliphatic diglycosides and a phenolic glucoside (4, 5 and 7)
have been isolated from leaves of Staphylea bumalda DC., together with three
known compounds, benzyl and phenethyl alcohol glycosides (1 and 2), and
zingerone -D-glucopyranoside (6). 2-Ethyl-3-methylmaleimide N-glucopyran-
oside (3) was first isolated as a free form. Their structures were determined on the
basis of spectroscopic analysis.
INTRODUCTION
Staphylea bumalda (Staphyleaceae) can be found throughout eastern Asia, especially in China, Japan and
Korea. It is a deciduous tree growing to about three to five meters high, and blooms in May to June. A
decoction of its fruit is used as a cough remedy and its fresh roots are used for blood refreshment after
delivery. The dried fruit is also used as a folk anti-diarrheal medicine.1 In previous papers, the isolation of
megastigmane glycosides1 and olefinic acetogenin glucosides2 was reported. Further extensive
investigation of the 1-BuOH-soluble fraction of a MeOH extract of S. bumalda leaves afforded three new
glycosides (4, 5 and 7), together with four known glycosides (1, 2, 3 and 6). The structures of the new
compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic analysis and by the chemical method. Those of known
compounds were determined to be benzyl alcohol glucopyranoside (1),3 phenethyl alcohol
-D-glucopyranosyl(1'→6")--D-O-glucopyranoside (2) and 2-ethyl-3-methyl-maleimide N--D-gluco-
pyranoside (3) by comparison of reported spectroscopic data in the literature. Although compound 2 has
been known as a synthetic glycoside,4 it was first isolated from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) as a
natural product.5 Compound 3 was previously isolated as its acetate,6,7 and this is the first report of
isolation of it as a natural form. Zingerone -D-glucopyranoside (6) was isolated from Pinus contorta for
the first time as a natural product,8 and was recently obtained as a biotransformation product.9

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Air-dried leaves of S. bumalda were extracted with MeOH and then the MeOH extract was concentrated.
After the concentrate was washed with n-hexane, the
CH2R
MeOH extract was evaporated to a viscous gum and
R
1
2
OGlc
CH2OGlc(6)Glc
then suspended in H2O. The suspension was extracted
with EtOAc and 1-BuOH successively to give EtOAc-
and 1-BuOH-soluble fractions, respectively. The
1-BuOH-soluble fraction was separated by various
kinds of column chromatography (CC) on a highly
porous synthetic polymer (Diaion HP-20), normal and
reversed-phase silica gel, and droplet counter-current
chromatography (DCCC), and preparative HPLC to
give three new compounds (4, 5 and 7). Compound 3
was isolated for the first time as a natural form.
OH
O
7
4
3
O
HO
HO
1'
N
6
4
OH
2
1
5
O
OR
3
6
O
HO
HO
O
1'
5
OH
1
7
R
4
5
8
Xyl
Ara(p)
O
2-Ethyl-3-methylmaleimide
N--D-glucopyranoside
7
2
1
H3CO
GlcO
10
(3), []D –0.79, was isolated as an amorphous powder,
and based on mass spectral data, elemental
composition of 3 was concluded to be C13H19O7N. The
1H- and 13C-NMR spectra exhibited the presence of
-glucopyranose moiety, two carbonyl carbons, one
methyl on a double bond, one ethyl and one
tetrasubstituted double bond. Close inspection of two-
dimensional NMR spectra, the structure of compound
3 was concluded to be a -glucopyranoside of
maleinimide derivative as shown in
6
OH
H3CO
OH
10
O
7
HO
HO
1'
O
OH
Glc: -D-glucopyranosyl
Xyl: -D-xylopyranpsyl
Ara(p): -L-arabinopyranosyl
Figure 1 Structures of compounds 17
O
HO
Figure 1. Although the optical rotation
HO
O
OH
HO
value was relatively small, sugar analysis
clearly demonstrated that the glucose was
in D-series. Its aglycone was isolated
from several sources as the aroma of
fresh plants,10,11 wine,12 tobacco,13,14 and
O
O
HO
OH
4
Figure 2 Diagnostic HMBC correlations of
tea.15,16 From the leaves of mangosteen6
and Riesling wine,7 3 was also isolated as a tetraacetyl derivative. This is the first report of isolation of 3

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Table 1. NMR spectroscopic data for bumaldosides A, B and C (4, 5 and 7) (CD3OD).
==================================================================
4
5
7
Ca
Hb
Cc
Cc
H
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1
70.2
3.54 ddd, 9, 9, 6
3.91 ddd, 9, 9, 6
1.49 dddd, 15, 9, 7, 6
1.67 dddd, 15, 9, 6, 5
1.20 m
1.73 septet,d, 7, 4
0.86 d, 7
0.87 d, 7
70.3
139.0
2
31.3
31.3
114.2
6.86 d, 2
3
4
5
6
7
43.6
30.4
19.4
19.8
24.4
43.6 146.1
30.4 150.8
19.4
19.8
24.4
118.5
121.9
32.7
7.07 d, 8
6.74 dd, 8, 2
2.60 ddd, 14, 9, 7
2.65 ddd, 14, 10, 6
1.68 dddd, 13, 9, 7, 6
1.72 dddd, 13, 9, 7, 6
3.72 quintet, 6
1.18 d, 6
3.85 s
4.84 d, 8
3.46 dd, 9, 8
3.47 dd, 9.9
3.39 dd, 9, 9
3.38 m
1.27 ddq, 15, 7, 7
1.36 dqd, 15, 7, 6
0.89 t, 7
8
12.4
12.4
42.1
9
10
-OCH3
1'
67.9
23.5
56.8
103.1
74.7
77.9
71.4
78.2
62.6
104.6
75.2
78.1
71.6
77.0
70.0
4.24 d, 8
104.5
75.2
78.1
71.7
76.9
69.5
2'
3'
4'
5'
3.17 dd, 9, 8
3.34 dd, 9, 9
3.32 dd, 9, 9
3.43 ddd, 9, 6, 2
3.74 dd, 11, 6
4.04 dd, 11, 2
4.32 d, 7
3.21 dd, 7, 9
3.31 dd, 10, 9
3.48 ddd, 10, 9, 5
3.19 dd, 11, 9
3.86 dd, 11, 5
6'
3.70 dd, 12, 6
3.86 dd, 12, 2
1" 105.6
105.1
72.4
74.3
69.4
66.7
2"
3"
4"
5"
74.9
77.7
71.3
67.0
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a at 150 MHz, b at 600 MHz, c at 100 MHz.
as a free form. Therefore, the physical data for 3 are included in the Experimental section. Based on the
structural resemblance, the aglycone of this compound is expected to be a photodegradation fragment of
chlorophyll.17
Bumaldoside A (4), []D –53.5, was isolated as an amorphous powder and its elemental composition was
established to be C19H36O10 by high resolution (HR) electrospray-ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry
(MS). The IR spectrum exhibited strong absorption bands at 3370, 1076 and 1042 cm–1 for a hydroxyl
1
group, and at 2958, 2931 and 2876 cm–1 for hydrocarbons. In the H-NMR spectrum, one triplet methyl
(H 0.89) and two doublet methyls (H 0.86 and 0.87), two anomeric protons [H 4.24 (d, J = 8 Hz)
and4.32 (d, J = 7 Hz)] and three sets of oxymethylene protons (H 3.54 and 3.91, 3.74 and 4.04, and 3.19

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and 3.86) were observe, and the 13C-NMR with DEPT spectra exhibited 11 signals assignable to
primeverose [O--D-xylopyranosyl- (1→6) -O--D- glucopyranose],18 three methyls, three methylenes
1
and two methine carbon signals. The connectivity of the proton signals was confirmed by the H-1H
COSY spectrum, in which protons were thoroughly traced from oxymethylene protons to all methyl
groups. Thus the structure of 4 was established to be the primeveroside of 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol, as
shown in Figure 1 and the HMBC spectrum also supported the structure (Figure 2). Compound 4 was
hydrolyzed and then the liberated sugars were identified as D-xylose and D-glucose.
Bumaldoside B (5), []D –19.5, was isolated as an amorphous powder and its elemental composition,
1
13
analyzed by HR-ESI-MS, was the same as that of 4. The H- and C-NMR spectra of the aglycone
moiety were essentially superimposable on those of
4. The 13C-NMR spectrum also indicated the
OH
presence of 6-substituted glucopyranose and
H3CO
O
OH
terminal arabinopyranose, and L-arabinose and
D-glucose were identified as sugar components.
Therefore, the structure of 5 was elucidated to be
3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol O--L-arabinopyrano-
syl (1→6)--D-glucopyranoside, as shown in
Figure 1. The absolute configuration of the
3-position remains to be determined.20
O
HO
HO
OH
7
Figure 3 Diagnostic HMBC correlations of
OMTPA
Bumaldoside C (7), []D –41.8, was
+0.13
+0.07
+0.06
isolated as an amorphous powder and its
H3CO
–0.06
elemental composition was established
+0.03
+0.09
to be C17H26O8 by HR-ESI-MS. The IR
MTPAO
+0.03
spectrum indicated the presence of
hydroxyl groups (3398 cm–1) and an
 
Figure 4 Results with the modified Mosher's method ( S- )
R
aromatic ring (1595 and 1511 cm–1), and the UV absorption band at 275 nm also indicated the presence of
1
the aromatic ring. In the H-NMR spectrum, distinct signals of an anomeric proton (H 4.84), three
aromatic protons (H 6.74, 6.86 and 7.07) coupled in an ABX system, and a doublet methyl (H 1.18)
were observed. Based on the data obtained in the 13C-NMR spectrum with DEPT experiment, six signals
for a terminal glucose, six aromatic carbon signals, and one methyl, two methylene and one oxymethine
signals were assigned. 1H-1H COSY with HSQC spectrum revealed a sequence of proton signals from H
2.60 and 2.65 on C-7 to H 1.68 and 1.72 on C-8, and then H 3.72 on C-9, and finally to the methyl
protons. The sugar moiety was placed at the 4'-phenolic hydroxyl group on the benzene ring based on the

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correlation of the anomeric proton (H 4.84) to the C-4' carbon atom (C 150.8) in the HMBC spectrum
(Figure 3). Other HMBC correlations also supported the structure of 7, as shown in Figure 1. Glucose,
obtained on acid hydrolysis of 7, was determined to be in the D-series and the absolute configuration at
the 9-position of the aglycone (7a) was determined by the modified Mosher's method23 to be S.
Levorotatory 9R-aglycone was isolated from Taxus baccata,24 and 4-O-glucoside with 9S-aglycone,
namely bumaldoside C (7), is known as a biotransformation product derived from zingerone with cultured
cells of Phytolacca americana.9 From Oxytropis myriophylla, dextrorotatory 4-O-glucoside was claimed
to be isolated without determination of the absolute configuration at the 9-position.25 Thus, this is the first
report of isolation of 7 with a fully detailed structure from a natural source.
EXPERIMENTAL
General experimental procedures
A highly porous synthetic resin (Diaion HP-20) was purchased from Mitsubishi Chemical Co. Ltd (Tokyo,
Japan). Silica gel column chromatography (CC) was performed on silica gel 60 (E. Merck, Darmstadt,
Germany), and reversed-phase [octadecyl silica gel (ODS)] open CC on Cosmosil 75C18-OPN (Nacalai
Tesque, Kyoto) [ = 50 mm, L = 25 cm, linear gradient: MeOH-H2O (1 : 9, 1 L) → (7 : 3, 1 L),
fractions of 10 g being collected]. Droplet counter-current chromatography (DCCC) (Tokyo Rikakikai,
Tokyo, Japan) was equipped with 500 glass columns ( = 2 mm, L = 40 cm), the lower and upper layers
of a solvent mixture of CHCl3-MeOH-H2O-n-PrOH (9 : 12 : 8 : 2) being used as the stationary and
mobile phases, respectively. Five-gram fractions were collected and numbered according to their order of
elution with the mobile phase. HPLC was performed on ODS-3 (Inertsil; GL Science, Tokyo, Japan;  =
6 mm, L = 250 mm), and the eluate was monitored with a UV detector at 254 nm and a refractive index
monitor. Crude hesperidinase was a generous gift from Tanabe Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. The
(R)-(+)- and (S)-(–)--methoxy--trifluoromethylpheylacetic acids (MTPA) were purchased from
Nacalai Tesque.
A melting point was determined with a Yanagimoto micromelting point apparatus and is uncorrected.
Optical rotations were measured on a JASCO P-1030 digital polarimeter. IR spectra were measured on a
Horiba FT-710 Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer and UV spectra on a JASCO V-520 UV/Vis
1
spectrophotometer. H- and 13C-NMR spectra were taken on JEOL JNM -400, -500 and ECA-600
spectrometers at 400, 500 or 600 MHz, and 100 or 150 MHz, respectively, with tetramethylsilane (TMS)
as an internal standard. HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) were measured with an Applied Biosystems
QSTAR® XL NanoSprayTM System. The absolute configuration of sugars was determined on a JASCO
OR-2090plus optical rotation detector. (R)- and (S)--methoxy--trifluoromethylphenylacetic acids

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(MTPA) were the products of Wako Pure Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan).
Plant material
Leaves of Staphylea bumalda DC. were collected in the suburbs of Hiroshima City, Japan, in June 2000,
and a voucher specimen was deposited in the Herbarium of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Division
of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University
(00-SB-Hiroshima-0618).
Extraction and isolation
The air-dried leaves of S. bumalda (5.71 kg) were extracted with MeOH (15 L  3). Parts of the
extraction and isolation procedures were described in the previous paper.1
The 40% MeOH eluate (12.3 g) obtained on Diaion HP-20 column chromatography (CC) was subjected
to silica gel (300 g) CC, with elution with CHCl3 (2 L) and CHCl3MeOH [(99:1, 3 L), (97:3, 3 L), (19:1,
3 L), (37:3, 3 L), (9:1, 3 L), (7:1, 3 L), (17:3, 3 L), (33:7, 3 L), (4:1, 3 L), (3:1, 3 L) and (7:3, 3 L)], 500
mL fractions being collected. Combined fractions 2129 (1.86 g) were separated by reversed-phase open
CC. The residue (152 mg) in fractions 6774 was subjected to DCCC to give a residue (18.3 mg) in
fractions 6876, which was then purified by HPLC (H2O-MeOH, 3:1) to afford 8.7 mg of 3 from a peak
at 13.1 min. The residues in fractions 7585 (228 mg) and fractions 86100 (174 mg) were subjected to
DCCC to give 129 mg of 1 in fractions 6276 and 10.4 mg of 6 in fractions 90105, respectively. An
aliquot (1.82 g) of combined fractions 3036 (3.06 g) was separated by reversed-phase open CC. The
residue (130 mg) in fractions 7886 was subjected to DCCC, to give a residue (19.5 mg) in fractions
5460, which was then purified by HPLC (H2O-MeOH, 3:1) to yield 4.5 mg of 7 from a peak at 17.4 min.
Combined fractions 4151 (1.86 g) were separated by reversed-phase open CC. The residue (227 mg) in
fractions 8390 was subjected to DCCC to give a residue (39.6 mg) in fractions 2527, which was then
purified by HPLC (H2O-MeOH, 3:1) to afford 14.4 mg of 2 from the peak at 21.3 min.
The 60% MeOH eluate (39.1 g) obtained on Diaion HP-20 column chromatography (CC) was subjected
to silica gel (600 g) CC, with elution with CHCl3 (2 L) and CHCl3MeOH [(99:1, 6 L), (49:1, 6 L), (19:1,
6 L), (37:3, 6 L), (23:2, 6 L), (9:1, 6 L), (7:1, 6 L), (17:3, 6 L), (4:1, 6 L), (3:1, 3 L) and (7:3, 6 L)], 500
mL fractions being collected. Combined fractions 6981 (3.25 g) were separated by reversed-phase open
CC. The residue (125 mg) in fractions 176185 was subjected to DCCC to give a residue (79 mg) in
fractions 6788, which was then purified by HPLC (H2O-MeOH, 11:9) to yield 3.3 mg of 5 and 6.2 mg of
4 from the peaks at 39.4 min and 43.0 min, respectively.
Bumaldoside A (4): Amorphous powder, []D28 –53.5 (c 0.62, MeOH). IR max (film) cm–1: 3370, 2958,
1
2931, 2876, 1633, 1076, 1042. H and 13C-NMR: see Table 1. HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z
447.2211 [M + Na]+ (Calcd for C19H36O10Na, 447.2200).

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Bumaldoside B (5): Amorphous powder, []D27 –19.5 (c 0.42, MeOH). IR max (film) cm–1: 3397, 2958,
2931, 2875, 1458, 1377, 1077, 1047, 1009. 1H-NMR (MeOH, 400 MHz) :4.32 (1H, d, J = 7 Hz, H-1"),
4.26 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-1'), 4.09 (1H, dd, J = 11, 2 Hz, H-6'a), 3.91 (1H, ddd, J = 9, 9, 6 Hz, H-1a), 3.87
(1H, dd, J = 12, 3 Hz, H-5"a), 3.80 (1H, ddd, J = 3, 3, 2 Hz, H-4"), 3.74 (1H, dd, J = 11, 5 Hz, H-6'b),
3.58 (1H, ddd, J = 9, 9, 6 Hz, H-1b), 3.54 (1H, m, H-2"), 3.53 (1H, m, H-3"), 3.53 (1H, dd, J = 12, 2 Hz,
H-5"b), 3.44 (1H, ddd, J = 9, 5, 2 Hz, H-5'), 3.36 (1H, dd, J = 9, 9 Hz, H-3'), 3.34 (1H, dd, J = 9, 9 Hz,
H-4'), 3.18 (1H, dd, J = 9, 8 Hz, H-2'), 1.72 (1H, septet,d, J = 7, 4 Hz, H-4), 1.66 (1H, dddd, J = 15, 9, 6,
5 Hz, H-2a), 1.50 (1H, dddd, J = 15, 9, 7, 6 Hz, H-2b), 1.36 (1H, dqd, J = 15, 7, 6 Hz, H-7a), 1.27 (1H,
ddq, J = 14, 7, 7 Hz, H-7b), 1.20 (1H, m, H-3), 0.89 (3H, t, J = 7 Hz, H3-8), 0.87 (3H, d, J = 7 Hz, H3-6),
0.85 (3H, d, J = 7 Hz, H3-5). 13C-NMR: see Table 1. HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 447.2208 [M +
Na]+ (Calcd for C19H36O10Na, 447.2200).
Bumaldoside C (7): Amorphous powder, []D30 –41.8 (c 0.41, MeOH). IR max (film) cm–1: 3398, 2965,
2927, 2878, 1595, 1511, 1266, 1222, 1073. UV max (MeOH) nm (log ): 221 (3.91), 275 (3.43), 317
(2.94). 1H-NMR: see Table 1. 13C-NMR: see Table 1. HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 381.1521 [M
+ Na]+ (Calcd for C17H26O8Na, 381.1519).
Known compounds isolated: Benzyl alcohol -D-glucopyranoside (1), colorless needles, mp.
26
120-122 °C (MeOH), []D –48.0 (c 1.32, MeOH).3 Phenethyl alcohol -D-glucopyranosyl(1'→6")-
26
-D-O-glucopyranoside (2), Amorphous powder, []D
–39.0 (c 1.44, MeOH).4,5 2-Ethyl-3-
28
methylmaleimide N--D-glucopyranoside (3) Amorphous powder, []D –0.79 (c 0.75, MeOH). IR max
(film) cm–1: 3368, 2975, 2937, 2881, 1710, 1396, 1077. UV max (CH3OH) nm (log ): 222 (4.10), 274
1
(3.26). H-NMR (CD3OD, 400 MHz) :4.95 (1H, d, J = 10 Hz, H-1'), 4.31 (1H, dd, J = 10, 9 Hz, H-2'),
3.82 (1H, dd, J = 12, 2 Hz, H-6'a), 3.63 (1H, dd, J = 12, 7 Hz, H-6'b), 3.36 (3H, m, H-3', 4' and 5'), 2.44
(2H, q, J = 8 Hz, H2-5), 1.93 (3H, s, H3-7), 1.13 (3H, t, J = 8 Hz, H3-6). 13C-NMR (CD3OD, 100 MHz) :
172.8 (C-4), 172.4 (C-1), 143.9 (C-2), 138.6 (C-3), 81.5 (C-1'), 80.8 (C-5'), 79.3 (C-3'), 71.6 (C-4'), 70.2
(C-2'), 62.9 (C-6'), 17.9 (C-5), 12.8 (C-6), 8.4 (C-7). HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 324.1056 [M +
28
Na]+ (Calcd for C13H19O7NNa, 324.1053). Zingerone -D-glucopyranoside (6), []D –24.3 (c 1.04,
MeOH).8
Acid hydrolysis
About 500 g each of 3, 4 and 5 was hydrolyzed with 1N HCl (0.1 mL) at 100 ºC for 2 h. The reaction
mixtures were partitioned with an equal amount of EtOAc (0.1 mL), and the water layers were analyzed
with a chiral detector (JASCO OR-2090plus) on an amino column [Asahipak NH2P-50 4E, MeCN-H2O
(4:1), 1 mL/min]. Hydrolyzates of 3, 4 and 5 gave peaks for D-glucose at 9.3 min, for D-xylose and
D-glucose at 9.5 min and 13.7 min, and for L-arabinose and D-glucose at 9.3 min and 13.7 min,

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respectively. All sugars showed a positive optical rotation sign. Peaks were identified by
co-chromatography with authentic L-arabinose, D-xylose and D-glucose.
Enzymatic hydrolysis of bumaldoside C (7)
Bumaldoside C (7) (4.2 mg) in 2 mL of H2O was hydrolyzed with crude hesperidinase (5.0 mg) for 12 h
at 37 ºC. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness, and then the methanolic solution was absorbed
on silica gel and subjected to silica gel CC (10 g,  = 10 mm, L = 20 cm) with a linear gradient solvent
system, from CHCl3-MeOH (20 : 1, 100 mL) to CHCl3-MeOH-H2O (15 : 6 : 1, 100 mL), 5 g fractions
being collected. An aglycone (7a) (1.9 mg, 82%) and D-glucose (1.4 mg, 67%) were recovered in
fractions 10–12 and 41–43, respectively. Aglycone (7a): []D27 +18.6 (c 0.19, MeOH). 1H NMR (CD3OD,
600 MHz) :6.77 (1H, d, J = 2 Hz, H-2), 6.69 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-5), 6.62 (1H, dd, J = 8, 2 Hz, H-6), 3.72
(1H, dqd, J = 7, 6, 5 Hz, H-9), 3.83 (3H, s, CH3O-), 2.64 (1H, ddd, J = 14, 10, 6 Hz, H-7a), 2.55 (1H, ddd,
J = 14, 10, 7 Hz, H-7b), 1.71 (1H, dddd, J = 14, 10, 7, 6 Hz, H-8a), 1.66 (1H, dddd, J = 14, 10, 7, 5 Hz,
13
H-8b), 1.17 (3H, d, J = 6 Hz, H3-10). C NMR (CD3OD, 150 MHz) :148.9 (C-3), 145.6 (C-4), 135.4
(C-1), 121.8 (C-6), 116.2 (C-5), 113.3 (C-2), 68.0 (C-9), 56.5 (CH3O-), 42.4 (C-8), 32.8 (C-7), 23.6
(C-10). HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 219.0993 [M + Na]+ (Calcd for C11H16O3Na, 219.0991).
D-Glucose: []D27 +29.8 (c=0.14, H2O).
Preparation of (R)- and (S)-MPTA esters (7b and 7c) of 7a
A solution of 7a (0.8 mg) in 1 mL of dehydrated CH2Cl2 was reacted with (R)-MTPA (43.7 mg) in the
presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)cardodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) (31 mg) and
N,N-dimethyl-4-aminopyridine (4-DMAP) (17 mg), and then the mixture was occasionally stirred at 25
ºC for 30 min and then 40 ºC for 5 min. After the addition of 1 mL of CH2Cl2, the solution was washed
with H2O (1 mL), 4N HCl (1 mL), NaHCO3-saturated H2O, and then brine (1 mL), successively. The
organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was
purified by preparative TLC [silica gel (0.25 mm thickness), being applied for 18 cm, developed with
CHCl3-(Me)2CO (20:1) for 9 cm, and then eluted with CHCl3-MeOH (9:1)] to furnish a diester, 7b (1.1
mg), and a monoester (0.3 mg). Through a similar procedure, diester 7c (0.53 mg) was prepared from 7a
(0.7 mg) using (S)-MTPA (39 mg), EDC (30 mg), and 4-DMAP (23 mg). A monoester (0.45 mg) was
also obtained.
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(R)-MTPA 4,9-O-diester (7b): H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) :7.72 (2H, m), 7.57–7.56 (2H, m),
7.49–7.44 (3H, m), 7.41–7.40 (3H, m) (aromatic protons of MTPA), 6.89 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-5), 6.69
(1H, d, J = 2Hz, H-2), 6.65 (1H, dd, J = 8, 2 Hz, H-6), 5.18 (1H, m, H-9), 3.79 (3H, s, CH3O-), 3.72 (3H,
br s, CH3O-), 3.58 (3H, br s, CH3O-), 2.50 (2H, m, H2-7), 1.94 (1H, m, H-8a), 1.83 (1H, m, H-8b), 1.37
(3H, d, J = 6 Hz, H3-10). HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 651.1791 [M + Na]+ (Calcd for

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C31H30O7F6Na, 651.1787).
(S)-MTPA 4,9-O-diester (7c): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) :7.72 (2H, m), 7.56 (2H, m), 7.45–7.44 (3H,
m), 7.42–7.40 (3H, m) (aromatic protons of MTPA), 6.92 (1H, d, J = 8 Hz, H-5), 6.75 (1H, d, J = 2 Hz,
H-2), 6.72 (1H, dd, J = 8, 2 Hz, H-6), 5.18 (1H, br q, J = 6 Hz, H-9), 3.79 (3H, s, CH3O-), 3.72 (3H, br s,
CH3O-), 3.56 (3H, br s, CH3O-), 2.63 (2H, m, H2-7), 2.03 (1H, m, H-8a), 1.86 (1H, m, H-8b), 1.31 (3H, d,
J = 6 Hz, H3-10). HR-ESI-MS (positive-ion mode) m/z 651.1793 [M + Na]+ (Calcd for C13H19O7F6Na,
651.1787).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are grateful for access to the superconducting NMR instrument at the Analytical Center of
Molecular Medicine of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, and an Applied
Biosystem QSTAR XL system ESI-TOF-MS at the Analytical Center of Molecular Medicine and the
Analysis Center of Life Science, respectively, of the Hiroshima University Faculty of Medicine.
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