Supporting information
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270111035761/fa3259sup1.cif | |
Structure factor file (CIF format) https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270111035761/fa3259Isup2.hkl | |
Portable Document Format (PDF) file https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270111035761/fa3259sup3.pdf |
CCDC reference: 851748
The general experimental conditions used for the isolation and identification of compounds (I) to (XI), including the detailed isolation protocols and chemical structures, characteristic UV/Vis and FT–IR data of (I) and the NMR spectral data of (I) and (Ia) are available in the Supplementary materials.
1H-NMR experiments for the evaluation of the diastereomerization were carried out on a Bruker TXI600 at 298 K in CD3OD (referenced to the residual non-deuterated solvent signals). The [α]20 D values for (I) and the 1:1.05 mixture of (I):(Ia) were determined as +70.5 and +82.0, respectively (c = 0.97, methanol).
Simultaneous melting and decomposition of (I) were observed above 454 K. The colourless prisms of (I) used for this study were obtained by crystallization from a saturated methanol solution. Unit-cell parameters of six different crystals were determined and found to be consistent with (I). There was no indication of the presence of crystals of (Ia) in the investigated batch.
All H atoms were identified in a difference map. Methyl H atoms were idealized and included as rigid groups that were allowed to rotate but not tip (C—H = 0.98 Å). H atoms bonded to tertiary (C—H = 1.00 Å), secondary (C—H = 0.99 Å) and aromatic carbon atoms (C—H = 0.95 Å) were positioned geometrically. H atoms attached to O were refined with restrained distances [O—H = 0.82 (2) Å]. The Uiso parameters of all H atoms were refined freely.
The absolute configuration of this structure was confirmed by the Flack (1983) parameter and Bayesian statistics on 1210 Bijovet pairs (Hooft et al., 2008). The Flack parameter is -0.01 (13) for the reported structure and 0.99 (13) for the inverted structure. Friedif, RA and RD values (Flack & Shmueli, 2007; Flack et al., 2011) were calculated with PLATON (Spek, 2009). Friedif reflects the ability to determine the absolute structure, and Friedifstat = 36 has a low value as only C, H and O atoms are present, while Friedifobs is 1286. The RA and RD values are 0.050 and 0.989, respectively, for the reported structure, and 0.050 and 1.022, respectively, for the inverted structure.
Data collection: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2003); cell refinement: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2003); data reduction: CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2003); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
C15H18O7 | F(000) = 328 |
Mr = 310.29 | Dx = 1.376 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Cu Kα radiation, λ = 1.5418 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 6253 reflections |
a = 9.6736 (2) Å | θ = 4.4–66.8° |
b = 7.6203 (1) Å | µ = 0.93 mm−1 |
c = 10.6303 (2) Å | T = 173 K |
β = 107.142 (2)° | Prism, colourless |
V = 748.81 (2) Å3 | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.15 mm |
Z = 2 |
Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini ultra diffractometer | 2651 independent reflections |
Radiation source: Enhance Ultra (Cu) X-ray Source | 2615 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.029 |
Detector resolution: 10.3575 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 67.0°, θmin = 4.4° |
ω scans | h = −11→11 |
Absorption correction: multi-scan CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2003). Multi-scan absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. | k = −9→9 |
Tmin = 0.766, Tmax = 1.000 | l = −12→12 |
7011 measured reflections |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.081 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0592P)2 + 0.029P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 1.09 | (Δ/σ)max < 0.001 |
2651 reflections | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
225 parameters | Δρmin = −0.19 e Å−3 |
3 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), no. of Friedel pairs? |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.01 (13) |
C15H18O7 | V = 748.81 (2) Å3 |
Mr = 310.29 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Cu Kα radiation |
a = 9.6736 (2) Å | µ = 0.93 mm−1 |
b = 7.6203 (1) Å | T = 173 K |
c = 10.6303 (2) Å | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.15 mm |
β = 107.142 (2)° |
Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini ultra diffractometer | 2651 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2003). Multi-scan absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. | 2615 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.766, Tmax = 1.000 | Rint = 0.029 |
7011 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.029 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.081 | Δρmax = 0.16 e Å−3 |
S = 1.09 | Δρmin = −0.19 e Å−3 |
2651 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), no. of Friedel pairs? |
225 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.01 (13) |
3 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
O1 | 0.49325 (13) | 0.09240 (16) | 0.30372 (13) | 0.0415 (3) | |
O2 | 0.48078 (12) | 0.33663 (15) | 0.41722 (11) | 0.0346 (3) | |
O3 | 0.88284 (11) | 0.31098 (14) | 0.26013 (10) | 0.0284 (2) | |
O4 | 0.73833 (11) | 0.77164 (14) | 0.02471 (9) | 0.0264 (2) | |
O5 | 0.89875 (12) | 0.96432 (15) | −0.00926 (10) | 0.0314 (3) | |
O6 | 1.08252 (11) | 0.93156 (14) | 0.41722 (10) | 0.0277 (2) | |
O7 | 0.84709 (12) | 0.14430 (15) | 0.42459 (10) | 0.0298 (2) | |
C1 | 0.83056 (16) | 0.3625 (2) | 0.12495 (14) | 0.0292 (3) | |
H1A | 0.8075 | 0.2562 | 0.0692 | 0.032 (5)* | |
H1B | 0.9077 | 0.4274 | 0.1008 | 0.034 (5)* | |
C3 | 0.77849 (15) | 0.2127 (2) | 0.29999 (14) | 0.0248 (3) | |
H3 | 0.7422 | 0.1144 | 0.2366 | 0.031 (5)* | |
C4 | 0.65246 (14) | 0.33404 (18) | 0.30066 (13) | 0.0228 (3) | |
H4 | 0.6896 | 0.4323 | 0.3639 | 0.024 (4)* | |
C5 | 0.58245 (14) | 0.41150 (19) | 0.16100 (13) | 0.0246 (3) | |
H5 | 0.5168 | 0.3237 | 0.1029 | 0.030 (4)* | |
C6 | 0.50130 (15) | 0.5778 (2) | 0.17024 (14) | 0.0281 (3) | |
H6 | 0.4079 | 0.5801 | 0.1824 | 0.040 (5)* | |
C7 | 0.57548 (15) | 0.7199 (2) | 0.15946 (13) | 0.0270 (3) | |
H7 | 0.5437 | 0.8366 | 0.1659 | 0.033 (5)* | |
C8 | 0.71756 (14) | 0.67248 (18) | 0.13552 (12) | 0.0227 (3) | |
C9 | 0.69699 (15) | 0.47702 (19) | 0.09750 (13) | 0.0246 (3) | |
H9 | 0.6504 | 0.4734 | 0.0001 | 0.038 (5)* | |
C10 | 0.84851 (14) | 0.72160 (19) | 0.24684 (12) | 0.0233 (3) | |
H10 | 0.8689 | 0.6787 | 0.3343 | 0.033 (5)* | |
C11 | 0.93165 (15) | 0.83309 (18) | 0.20614 (13) | 0.0238 (3) | |
C12 | 0.86197 (14) | 0.8673 (2) | 0.06440 (13) | 0.0244 (3) | |
C13 | 1.07174 (15) | 0.9185 (2) | 0.28008 (13) | 0.0266 (3) | |
H13 | 1.0758 | 1.0388 | 0.2439 | 0.034 (5)* | |
C14 | 1.20012 (16) | 0.8124 (2) | 0.26770 (16) | 0.0362 (4) | |
H14A | 1.2901 | 0.8731 | 0.3139 | 0.048 (5)* | |
H14B | 1.1941 | 0.7997 | 0.1745 | 0.046 (5)* | |
H14C | 1.1990 | 0.6961 | 0.3067 | 0.057 (7)* | |
C15 | 0.53605 (16) | 0.2369 (2) | 0.34078 (14) | 0.0271 (3) | |
C16 | 0.3586 (2) | 0.2645 (3) | 0.4523 (2) | 0.0487 (5) | |
H16A | 0.2769 | 0.2496 | 0.3726 | 0.054 (6)* | |
H16B | 0.3310 | 0.3447 | 0.5129 | 0.089 (9)* | |
H16C | 0.3852 | 0.1504 | 0.4951 | 0.063 (7)* | |
H6O | 1.0132 (19) | 0.990 (3) | 0.4248 (19) | 0.035 (5)* | |
H7O | 0.872 (2) | 0.227 (3) | 0.473 (2) | 0.048 (6)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
O1 | 0.0454 (7) | 0.0275 (6) | 0.0593 (8) | −0.0103 (5) | 0.0273 (6) | −0.0074 (5) |
O2 | 0.0364 (6) | 0.0332 (6) | 0.0418 (6) | −0.0070 (5) | 0.0235 (5) | −0.0054 (5) |
O3 | 0.0223 (5) | 0.0314 (5) | 0.0327 (5) | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0100 (4) | 0.0019 (4) |
O4 | 0.0240 (5) | 0.0314 (5) | 0.0216 (5) | −0.0015 (4) | 0.0033 (4) | 0.0041 (4) |
O5 | 0.0323 (5) | 0.0336 (6) | 0.0310 (5) | 0.0014 (4) | 0.0135 (4) | 0.0076 (4) |
O6 | 0.0233 (5) | 0.0302 (5) | 0.0266 (5) | 0.0028 (4) | 0.0027 (4) | −0.0028 (4) |
O7 | 0.0316 (5) | 0.0278 (5) | 0.0285 (5) | 0.0061 (4) | 0.0064 (4) | 0.0016 (5) |
C1 | 0.0338 (8) | 0.0277 (7) | 0.0300 (7) | 0.0028 (6) | 0.0155 (6) | −0.0014 (6) |
C3 | 0.0248 (7) | 0.0236 (7) | 0.0265 (6) | 0.0022 (5) | 0.0084 (5) | −0.0017 (6) |
C4 | 0.0225 (7) | 0.0205 (7) | 0.0256 (6) | −0.0010 (5) | 0.0074 (5) | −0.0023 (5) |
C5 | 0.0201 (6) | 0.0274 (7) | 0.0240 (6) | −0.0034 (5) | 0.0030 (5) | −0.0026 (5) |
C6 | 0.0197 (6) | 0.0344 (8) | 0.0289 (7) | 0.0034 (6) | 0.0049 (5) | 0.0045 (6) |
C7 | 0.0231 (7) | 0.0294 (8) | 0.0268 (6) | 0.0069 (6) | 0.0049 (5) | 0.0049 (6) |
C8 | 0.0218 (6) | 0.0248 (7) | 0.0205 (6) | 0.0012 (5) | 0.0046 (5) | 0.0024 (5) |
C9 | 0.0241 (7) | 0.0283 (7) | 0.0206 (6) | −0.0023 (6) | 0.0054 (5) | −0.0024 (5) |
C10 | 0.0225 (7) | 0.0242 (7) | 0.0216 (6) | 0.0013 (6) | 0.0043 (5) | 0.0006 (5) |
C11 | 0.0229 (6) | 0.0231 (7) | 0.0248 (6) | 0.0031 (5) | 0.0063 (5) | 0.0003 (5) |
C12 | 0.0214 (6) | 0.0260 (7) | 0.0263 (7) | 0.0041 (5) | 0.0079 (5) | 0.0004 (6) |
C13 | 0.0242 (7) | 0.0276 (7) | 0.0264 (6) | −0.0029 (5) | 0.0047 (5) | 0.0004 (6) |
C14 | 0.0235 (7) | 0.0474 (10) | 0.0381 (8) | −0.0014 (7) | 0.0095 (6) | −0.0058 (7) |
C15 | 0.0278 (7) | 0.0252 (8) | 0.0288 (7) | 0.0004 (6) | 0.0091 (6) | 0.0020 (6) |
C16 | 0.0481 (10) | 0.0469 (10) | 0.0662 (12) | −0.0114 (8) | 0.0402 (9) | −0.0063 (9) |
O1—C15 | 1.201 (2) | C5—C9 | 1.5406 (19) |
O2—C15 | 1.3340 (18) | C5—H5 | 1.0000 |
O2—C16 | 1.4483 (19) | C6—C7 | 1.323 (2) |
O3—C3 | 1.4181 (17) | C6—H6 | 0.9500 |
O3—C1 | 1.4305 (17) | C7—C8 | 1.5134 (19) |
O4—C12 | 1.3573 (18) | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
O4—C8 | 1.4623 (16) | C8—C10 | 1.5039 (18) |
O5—C12 | 1.2046 (18) | C8—C9 | 1.541 (2) |
O6—C13 | 1.4341 (17) | C9—H9 | 1.0000 |
O6—H6O | 0.830 (16) | C10—C11 | 1.327 (2) |
O7—C3 | 1.3959 (18) | C10—H10 | 0.9500 |
O7—H7O | 0.802 (17) | C11—C12 | 1.4811 (19) |
C1—C9 | 1.515 (2) | C11—C13 | 1.4998 (19) |
C1—H1A | 0.9900 | C13—C14 | 1.519 (2) |
C1—H1B | 0.9900 | C13—H13 | 1.0000 |
C3—C4 | 1.5316 (18) | C14—H14A | 0.9800 |
C3—H3 | 1.0000 | C14—H14B | 0.9800 |
C4—C15 | 1.5102 (19) | C14—H14C | 0.9800 |
C4—C5 | 1.5551 (19) | C16—H16A | 0.9800 |
C4—H4 | 1.0000 | C16—H16B | 0.9800 |
C5—C6 | 1.509 (2) | C16—H16C | 0.9800 |
C15—O2—C16 | 116.40 (13) | C10—C8—C9 | 117.44 (11) |
C3—O3—C1 | 111.90 (11) | C7—C8—C9 | 102.79 (12) |
C12—O4—C8 | 110.16 (10) | C1—C9—C5 | 114.31 (11) |
C13—O6—H6O | 108.5 (14) | C1—C9—C8 | 118.00 (12) |
C3—O7—H7O | 106.3 (17) | C5—C9—C8 | 104.62 (11) |
O3—C1—C9 | 112.37 (11) | C1—C9—H9 | 106.4 |
O3—C1—H1A | 109.1 | C5—C9—H9 | 106.4 |
C9—C1—H1A | 109.1 | C8—C9—H9 | 106.4 |
O3—C1—H1B | 109.1 | C11—C10—C8 | 110.71 (12) |
C9—C1—H1B | 109.1 | C11—C10—H10 | 124.6 |
H1A—C1—H1B | 107.9 | C8—C10—H10 | 124.6 |
O7—C3—O3 | 107.43 (11) | C10—C11—C12 | 107.85 (12) |
O7—C3—C4 | 112.18 (11) | C10—C11—C13 | 130.36 (12) |
O3—C3—C4 | 108.69 (11) | C12—C11—C13 | 121.79 (12) |
O7—C3—H3 | 109.5 | O5—C12—O4 | 121.98 (12) |
O3—C3—H3 | 109.5 | O5—C12—C11 | 129.51 (13) |
C4—C3—H3 | 109.5 | O4—C12—C11 | 108.48 (12) |
C15—C4—C3 | 111.49 (11) | O6—C13—C11 | 110.28 (11) |
C15—C4—C5 | 107.73 (11) | O6—C13—C14 | 107.98 (12) |
C3—C4—C5 | 110.36 (11) | C11—C13—C14 | 111.06 (12) |
C15—C4—H4 | 109.1 | O6—C13—H13 | 109.2 |
C3—C4—H4 | 109.1 | C11—C13—H13 | 109.2 |
C5—C4—H4 | 109.1 | C14—C13—H13 | 109.2 |
C6—C5—C9 | 102.21 (11) | C13—C14—H14A | 109.5 |
C6—C5—C4 | 110.18 (11) | C13—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C9—C5—C4 | 111.98 (11) | H14A—C14—H14B | 109.5 |
C6—C5—H5 | 110.7 | C13—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C9—C5—H5 | 110.7 | H14A—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C4—C5—H5 | 110.7 | H14B—C14—H14C | 109.5 |
C7—C6—C5 | 112.08 (12) | O1—C15—O2 | 124.09 (14) |
C7—C6—H6 | 124.0 | O1—C15—C4 | 124.76 (13) |
C5—C6—H6 | 124.0 | O2—C15—C4 | 111.04 (12) |
C6—C7—C8 | 111.22 (13) | O2—C16—H16A | 109.5 |
C6—C7—H7 | 124.4 | O2—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
C8—C7—H7 | 124.4 | H16A—C16—H16B | 109.5 |
O4—C8—C10 | 102.79 (11) | O2—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
O4—C8—C7 | 111.06 (11) | H16A—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
C10—C8—C7 | 113.85 (11) | H16B—C16—H16C | 109.5 |
O4—C8—C9 | 109.02 (11) | ||
C4—C5—C9—C8 | −92.28 (13) | C10—C11—C13—C14 | 93.58 (18) |
C1—C9—C5—C6 | 156.18 (11) | C10—C11—C13—O6 | −26.1 (2) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O6—H6O···O7i | 0.83 (2) | 1.99 (2) | 2.8153 (15) | 174 (2) |
O7—H7O···O6ii | 0.80 (2) | 1.92 (2) | 2.7218 (15) | 176 (2) |
C1—H1B···O5iii | 0.99 | 2.37 | 3.2969 (18) | 156 |
C5—H5···O4iv | 1.00 | 2.47 | 3.3243 (16) | 143 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+1; (iii) −x+2, y−1/2, −z; (iv) −x+1, y−1/2, −z. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H18O7 |
Mr | 310.29 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 173 |
a, b, c (Å) | 9.6736 (2), 7.6203 (1), 10.6303 (2) |
β (°) | 107.142 (2) |
V (Å3) | 748.81 (2) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Cu Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.93 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.20 × 0.20 × 0.15 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Xcalibur, Ruby, Gemini ultra diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan CrysAlis PRO (Oxford Diffraction, 2003). Multi-scan absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.766, 1.000 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 7011, 2651, 2615 |
Rint | 0.029 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.597 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.029, 0.081, 1.09 |
No. of reflections | 2651 |
No. of parameters | 225 |
No. of restraints | 3 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.16, −0.19 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), no. of Friedel pairs? |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.01 (13) |
Computer programs: CrysAlis CCD (Oxford Diffraction, 2003), CrysAlis RED (Oxford Diffraction, 2003), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), XP in SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008) and Mercury (Macrae et al., 2008), publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
O6—H6O···O7i | 0.830 (16) | 1.989 (16) | 2.8153 (15) | 174 (2) |
O7—H7O···O6ii | 0.802 (17) | 1.921 (17) | 2.7218 (15) | 176 (2) |
C1—H1B···O5iii | 0.99 | 2.37 | 3.2969 (18) | 156.1 |
C5—H5···O4iv | 1.00 | 2.47 | 3.3243 (16) | 142.7 |
Symmetry codes: (i) x, y+1, z; (ii) −x+2, y−1/2, −z+1; (iii) −x+2, y−1/2, −z; (iv) −x+1, y−1/2, −z. |
As part of our search for bioactive natural products, we have investigated chemical compounds contained in the bark material of the Amazonian tree Himatanthus sucuuba (Spruce) Woodson (Apocynaceae). In folk medicine, the bark and latex of this plant species are used for the treatment of tumours and inflammatory diseases. Pharmacological studies have shown that extracts and constituents of Himatanthus sucuuba possess therapeutic potential (Amaral et al., 2007).
Eleven compounds, denoted (I) to (XI) (see Supplementary materials), were isolated and purified from the bark material (1.9 kg) of Himatanthus sucuuba using extraction, liquid–liquid partition, various chromatographic techniques and crystallization from solvents. The isolated compounds were identified as the iridoids plumeridoid C [(I), 60 mg] (Kuigoua et al., 2010), plumericin [(II), 90 mg] (Elsässer et al., 2005), plumieridin [(III), 8 mg] (Yamauchi et al., 1981) and allamandicin [(IV), 7 mg] (Abe et al., 1984), the flavonoids biochanin A [(V), 8 mg] (Jha et al., 1980; Talukdar et al., 2000), dihydrobiochanin A [(VI), 9 mg] (Osawa et al., 1992), dalbergioidin [(VII), 0.3 mg) (Osawa et al., 1992), naringenin [(VIII), 9 mg] (Hou et al., 2001), ferreirin [(IX), 2 mg] (Osawa et al., 1992) and dihydrocajanin [(X), 8 mg] (Osawa et al., 1992), and the lignan pinoresinol [(XI), 9 mg] (Xie et al., 2003) by means of mass spectrometry, one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR experiments, optical rotation and comparison with data from the literature. Except for (II) and (XI), the isolation of these compounds from Himatanthus sucuuba is reported here for the first time.
A recent paper by Kuigoua et al. (2010) contains the first report about the existence of the iridoid plumeridoid C, (I). The asymmetric unit of (I) consists of one formula unit (Fig. 1). As the compound consists only of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen atoms, Cu Kα radiation was used to enable the determination of the absolute configuration, and Friedel pairs were measured. This yielded a refined Flack (1983) x parameter and standard uncertainty (s.u.) of -0.01 (13) [number of Friedel pairs?]. We note that the obtained s.u. value is slightly above the suggested upper confidence limit of 0.10 for the determination of the absolute structure of an enantiopure compound (Flack & Bernardinelli, 2000). However, additional confirmation was obtained from the examination of Bayesian statistics on 1210 Bijvoet pairs (Hooft et al., 2008) carried out with the program PLATON (Spek, 2009). The calculated Hooft y parameter was 0.07 (6) with G = 0.9 (1). The calculated probability values P3(true), P3(twin) and P3(wrong) were 1.000, 0.000 and 0.000, respectively. This confirmed the absolute configuration of the six stereocentres as 3R, 4R, 5S, 8R, 9R, 13S (see scheme). Moreover, these results are consistent with the relative configuration of (I) that was proposed by Kuigoua et al. (2010) on the basis of NMR data.
The inspection of a plot of the Bijvoet pairs δ(Fo2) against δ(Fc2) generated with PLATON (Spek, 2009) does not reveal a clear trend. All quadrants of the plot are populated by a significant number of points. This contrasts with the observation that all of the numerical indicators (x, y, P2, P3) give a very clear indication of the absolute structure and are consistent among themselves. We note that the error bars on the plot indicate that many of the Bijvoet differences are small in comparison with experimental error. However, even with this property, the data give clear indications in terms of the numerical parameters that have been developed to distinguish absolute structures.
The cyclopentene ring of (I) displays a C9 envelope conformation with atom C9 displaced by -0.420 (2) Å from the plane defined by the atoms C5/C6/C7/C8. As indicated by its Cremer–Pople ring puckering parameters [Q = 0.544 (2) Å, Θ = 163.4 (2)°, Φ = 139.7 (6)°] (Cremer & Pople, 1975), the geometry of the tetrahydropyran ring O3/C1/C9/C5/C4/C3 is best described as a slightly distorted chair. The mean plane of the furan ring and the plane defined by C7/C8/C9 form an angle of 88.11 (8)°. The mean plane of the –CC(═O)OC fragment C4/C15/O1/O2/C16/ is almost perpendicular to the plane defined by the atoms C3/C4/C5, with which it forms an angle of 81.27 (10)°.
The molecule of (I) contains two OH groups, O6 in the hydroxyethyl fragment and the O7 group on the tetrahydropyran ring. The hydrogen-bond donor and acceptor functions of both are utilized to give a one-dimensional helical chain that propagates along [010] (Table 1, Fig. 2). This hydrogen-bonded chain consists of two strands of O6—H6O···O7(x, y + 1, z)-bonded molecules in which neighbouring molecules are related to one another by translational symmetry. The two strands of a chain are related by a 21 screw axis and linked to one another via O7—H7O···O6(-x + 2, y - 1/2, -z + 1) interactions. Hence, every molecule of (I) is O—H···O-bonded to four neighbouring molecules. Using the graph-set notation proposed by Etter et al. (1990) and Bernstein et al. (1995), the hydrogen-bonded molecules of (I) are linked together via fused R33(15) rings. The crystal packing of these O—H···O-bonded chains generates two notable short inter-chain contacts C1—H1B···O5(-x + 2, y - 1/2, -z) and C5—H5···O4(-x + 1, y - 1/2, -z) with H···O distances of 2.37 and 2.47 Å, respectively (Table 1). The first inter-chain contact is observed between the CH2 group of the tetrahydropyran ring and the carbonyl group on the furan ring in a neighbouring molecule, while the second contact involves the chiral centre C5 of the fused cyclopentene and tetrahydropyran rings of one molecule and the furan oxygen atom of another.
We have found that in methanol solution diastereomerization of (I) occurs at position 3, yielding the epiplumeridoid C [(Ia), Kuigoua et al., 2010]. This phenomenon was studied in a time-dependent 1H-NMR experiment. 1 mg of (I) was dissolved in CD3OD and isochronous 1H-NMR measurements of the (I):(Ia) ratio were started instantaneously. This experiment confirmed the diastereomerization at position 3, giving a chemical equilibrium of 1:1.05 between (I) and (Ia) [(I), 3R, 4R, 5S, 8R, 9R, 13S: (Ia), 3S, 4R, 5S, 8R, 9R, 13S] after approximately 2 d (Fig. 3). These results suggest that crystallization from a methanol solution yields compound (I) exclusively. By contrast, in a methanol solution diastereomerization takes place so that the epimers (I) and (Ia) are present. Moreover, NMR experiments have shown that both (I) and (Ia) are also contained in a deuterated pyridine solution.