title: Absolute configuration of actinophyllic acid as determined through chiroptical data.
abstract: The absolute configuration of actinophyllic acid (-)-1, an alkaloid with an unprecedented 2,3,6,7,9,13c-hexahydro-1H-1,7,8-(methanetriyloxymethano)pyrrolo[1',2':1,2]azacino[4,3-b]indole-8(5H)-carboxylic acid skeleton isolated from Alstonia actinophylla, was determined through the study of its corresponding methyl ester 2. Racemic 2 was separated into (+)-2 and (-)-2 enantiomers, and they were assigned unambiguously as 15S,16R,19R,20R,21S and 15R,16S,19S,20S,21R, respectively, by the use of optical rotation and electronic circular dichroism. Finally, (-)-2 was characterized as the methyl ester of naturally occurring (-)-1. The assigned 15R,16S,19S,20S,21R-configuration of (-)-1 is consistent with a proposed biosynthetic pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Connor L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Monde
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berova
authors.forename: Larry E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Overman
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D031051:Alstonia / Q000737:chemistry; D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; C500686:actinophyllic acid