Acylated flavonol glycosides from Stocksia brauhica Linn
Extraction and isolation
Results and Discussion
The air-dried fruits (2.25 kg) were separated manually from fruiting
part (4.75 kg) of S. brauhica and were defatted with hexane and
then extracted with methanol at room temperature (7 days ×
Brauhenefloroside E (1) was obtained as a yellow gummy material
and its molecular formula, C H O , was established from a
54 66 31
+
pseudo-molecular ion peak at m/z 1233.2350 [M + Na] in a
high resolution mass spectrum (HR-FAB-MS). The UV spectrum
of 1 in methanol had absorption maxima at 268 and 315 nm,
which were typical for flavonol glycosides.[ The bathochromic
3
). The combined methanol extract (196.2 g) was suspended in
water and partitioned with EtOAc, provided suspension which
was then soluble in n-BuOH. The n-BuOH soluble portion (34.3 g)
was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel using
CHCl3 –MeOH gradient. The fraction designated as A eluted with
6]
shift (47 nm) in band I with AlCl -HCl and no shift in band II
3
with NaOAc suggested that 1 was a 3,7-disubstituted flavonol
glycoside.[
7,8]
2
0–25% MeOH in CHCl3 was subjected to Sephadex LH-20 (100%
MeOH) and then to reverse phase flash chromatography using
Lichrosphere RP-18 (H2O : MeOH, 1 : 1), which yielded a semi-pure
fraction of flavone glycosides. The semi-pure fraction was further
purified on recycling HPLC (ODS-M80 column, 1 : 1 MeOH/H2O,
flow rate 4 ml/min) to yield compounds 1 (19 mg) and 2 (14 mg).
The aglycone was confirmed as kaempferol by comparison
of spectroscopic data with the literature[ (Supplementary
figures have been deposited). Besides the signals of glycone
7]
1
and aglycone, the H NMR showed high frequency signals as
doublets at δ 7.47 (J = 15.9 Hz, 1H) and 6.18 (J = 15.9 Hz, 1H)
due to E configured olefinic protons while the two doublets
at δ 7.02 (J = 8.5 Hz, 2H) and 6.29 (J = 8.5 Hz, 2H) were
Brauhenefloroside E (1)
g
g
g
g
assigned to H-5 /9 and H-6 /8 of the p-coumaroyl moiety,
respectively.
Yellow gum (19 mg); C54H66O31. [α]D24 = +7.8 (c = 0.024,
◦
The 13C NMR showed 50 signals of which 13 were attributed to
kaempferol skeleton, 30 to the sugar units and 7 to the coumaroyl
moiety.
The 1H NMR signals of the sugar moieties indicated the
presence of three D-glucopyranosyl and two L-rhamnopyranosyl
units, further supported by 1D-TOCSY experiment. Based on the
−
1
MeOH). UV λmax (MeOH) nm: 268, 315. IR νmax (KBr) cm
:
3
1
460 (OH), 2925 (CH stretch), 2854 (CH stretch), 1721 (C O),
027–1130(C–O–Casymmetricstretch),825(aromatichydrogens
on adjacent carbons). HR-FAB-MS (positive mode) m/z: 1233.2350
1
(
5
calculated for C54H66O31 + Na, 1233.3456). H NMR (CD3OD,
1
3
00.13 MHz) and C NMR (CD3OD, 75.467 MHz) (Table 1).
3
anomeric proton coupling constants ( JH1,H2), glucopyranosyl
(
7.8–8.0 Hz), and rhamnopyranosyl (0–0.9 Hz) residues were
1
3
depicted to have β and α configurations, respectively. In
C
Brauhenefloroside F (2)
c
c
c
NMR spectrum of 1 (Table 1) the C-2 , C-3 , and C-4 of the
central Rha moiety shifted to higher frequencies (δC 80.5, 80.9,
78.7, respectively) helping directly to establish the location of
glycosylation.[ Furthermore, the interglycosidic linkages in 1
were also supported by the HMBC studies (Fig. 2). Thus cross
peaks between H-1 of Glc I (δH 4.55) and C-2 of Rha II (δC
C
80.5), H-1 of Glc II (δH 4.70) and C-3 of Rha II (δ 80.9), and
H C
H-1 of Glc III (δ 4.68) and C-4 of Rha II (δ 78.7) indicated
Yellow gum (14 mg); C63H72O33. [α]D24 = −12.0 (c = 0.019,
◦
−
1
MeOH). UV λmax (MeOH) nm: 269, 314. IR νmax (KBr) cm
:
9]
3
1
420 (OH), 2962 (CH stretch), 2854 (CH stretch), 1721 (C O),
027–1130(C–O–Casymmetricstretch),803(aromatichydrogens
d
c
on adjacent carbons). HR-FAB-MS (positive mode) m/z: 1379.2332.
1
e
c
(
3
calculated for C63H72O33 + Na, 1379.2341). H NMR (CD3OD,
1
3
f
c
00.13 MHz) and C NMR data (CD3OD, 125.757 MHz) (Table1).
that the three β-D-glucopyranosyl moieties (Glc I, II and III)
were linked to C-2 , C-3 and C-4c of Rha II, respectively.
c
c
Acid hydrolysis of 1 and 2
c
Similarly, the cross peaks between H-1 of Rha II residue (δH
5
.70) and C-3 of the kaempferol (δC 135.6) indicated that the
Compounds 1 and2 (3 mg each) in MeOH (5 ml) were hydrolyzed
with 10% aq. HCl for 3 h at 100 C. On cooling, the aglycone was
extracted with EtOAc. The aqueous hydrolysate was neutralized
with silver carbonate and concentrated; the sugars were found to
be glucose and rhamnose by co-TLC with the standard solvent
system EtOAc : MeOH : HOAc : H2O (11 : 2 : 2 : 2).
◦
tetrasaccharide chain was attached to C-3 of the kaempferol
via C-1c of Rha II. The higher frequency chemical shift at δC
6
spectrum indicated its attachment with coumaroyl moiety.
This was also supported by the HMBC correlation of H-6 (δ
f
13
5.3 of hydroxymethylene of Glc III (C-6 ) in the C NMR
f
4.60) with carbonyl carbon of coumaroyl moiety (δ 169.0). The
anomeric proton of Rha I at δH 5.54 showed a long-range
correlation in HMBC with δC 163.5 showing its connectivity
at C-7 of the kaempferol moiety. On the basis of these
observations, the structure of 1 was deduced as 3-O-{[2-O-β-D-
glucopyranosyl]-3-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]-4-[(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-
O-β-D-glucopyranosyl]}-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-kaempferol
7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside.
Acid hydrolysis of 1 yielded kaempferol and two sugar moieties,
which were identified as glucose and rhamnose by co-TLC with
authentic samples, while the absolute configuration of sugars was
determined by subjecting them to GC as thiazolidine derivatives
(see Section on Experimental).
Determination of absolute configuration of sugars
The absolute configuration of sugars was determined as follows.[5]
The concentrated residue of the hydrolyzed sugars in pyridine
and L-cysteine methyl ester hydrochloride was mixed, and the
◦
solution was warmed at 60 C for 1 h. Acetic anhydride was then
◦
added and the mixture was then warmed at 90 C for another 1 h.
After evaporation of pyridine and acetic anhydride in vacuo, each
residue was dissolved in acetone and the solution was subjected
to GC under the following conditions.
Capillary column: SBP 5 (0.5 µm; 15 m × 0.53 mm); column
◦
◦
temperature: 220 C; injection temperature: 270 C; carrier gas: N2.
The retention times for β-D-glucose and α-L-rhamnose were found
to be 6.4 and 3.5 min, respectively.
Brauhenefloroside F (2), a yellow gummy material, displayed
a pseudo-molecular ion peak in HR-FAB-MS at m/z 1379.2332
[M + Na]+ corresponding to a molecular formula C63H72O31. Its
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