CIS-CLERODANE DITERPENE LACTONES FROM AMPHIACHYRIS-DRACUNCULOIDES

Four cis-ent-neoclerodane lactones, amphiacrolide A [2], amphiacrolide B [3], amphiacrolide C [4] and amphiacrolide D [5] were isolated from the aerial parts of Amphiachyris dracunculoides, and their structures established by physical and chemical methods. High field1H- and13C-nmr assignments were made for each compound and some of their derivatives by using one- and two-dimensional nmr techniques including nOe difference, COSY, and CH-correlation of one-bond and multiple bond (COLOC) relationships. A chemical correlation of the amphiacrolides to gutieroiide [1], a compound with absolute stereochemistry determined by X-ray analysis, established the stereochemistry for the group. Consequently, a compound having reported properties identical with amphiacrolide D [5] must have its structure revised to contain the β-faced epoxide. Amphiacrolide A [2] had not been reported previously. © 1990, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.