Geng-xian Zhao, Z. Gu, L. Zeng
Jun 26, 1995
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Tetrahedron
Abstract
Abstract Trilobacin ( 1 ) is the only previously reported Annonaceous acetogenin with the erythro relative configuration between the adjacent bis-tetrahydrofuran (THF) rings. The relative configuration in the adjacent bis-THF moiety of 1 was corrected to threo/trans/erythro/cis/threo from C-15 to C-24, and the absolute configuration was determined as 4 R , 15 R , 16 R , 19 R , 20 S , 23 R , 24 R and 36 S by advanced Mosher ester methodology and the COSY and NOESY spectral analyses of its 4,24-diacetate ( 1a ). Further investigation of the EtOH extract of the stem bark of the paw paw tree, Asimina triloba , monitoring for bioactivity by brine shrimp lethality, led to a novel acetogenin, trilobin ( 2 ). Spectral and chemical methods identified 2 as a 4-deoxy-10-hydroxy isomer of 1 . The absolute configuration of 2 was determined as 10 R , 15 R , 16 R , 19 R , 20 S , 23 R , 24 R , and 36 S by analyses of its Mosher ester derivatives. 2 was selectively cytotoxic among three human solid tumor cell lines with over a billion times the potency of adriamycin.