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Ring-closing metathesis was used to construct the strained 11-membered ring of obtusallenes II (and IV). Bromonium ion induced transannular oxonium ion formation−fragmentation gave the macrocyclic carbon skeleton of obtusallene VII with a bromine atom at C-13, in line with a previously published hypothesis. An additional brominated [5.5.1]bicyclotridecane adduct that must arise from a bromonium ion induced transannular oxonium ion formation−fragmentation could also be isolated, suggesting that this adduct represents the core of an as yet undiscovered natural product. An authentic sample of obtusallene V was studied by NMR spectroscopy, and the position of the halogens at C-7 and C-13 was reassigned on the basis of a 13C NMR chlorine induced isotopic shift. This revised structure was subsequently confirmed by X-ray crystallography. These findings allow us to confidently conclude that the structures of obtusallenes VII and VI should also be reassigned.
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Revised structures proposed previously for obtusallenes V−VII (5–7) have been confirmed on the basis of computed GIAO-DFT 13C NMR chemical shifts.
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The obtusallenes are a significant subset of C15-halogenated acetogenins that incorporate 12-membered cyclic ethers. We have recently reported the isolation from Laurencia marilzae of 12-epoxyobtusallene IV (1) and its related α,β-unsaturated carboxylate ester (2), both of special biogenetic relevance. Here we describe the final step of our study, the isolation of three new analogues (3–5), among these, the first bromopropargylic derivative (3) of this class of macrocyclic C15-acetogenins. The structures were elucidated by analysis of NMR and X-ray data. 12-Epoxyobtusallene IV (1), its new isomer 4, and known obtusallene IV (6) were evaluated for their apoptosis-inducing activities in a human hepatocarcinoma cell line.
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Ring-closing metathesis was used to construct the strained 11-membered ring of obtusallenes II (and IV). Bromonium ion induced transannular oxonium ion formation−fragmentation gave the macrocyclic carbon skeleton of obtusallene VII with a bromine atom at C-13, in line with a previously published hypothesis. An additional brominated [5.5.1]bicyclotridecane adduct that must arise from a bromonium ion induced transannular oxonium ion formation−fragmentation could also be isolated, suggesting that this adduct represents the core of an as yet undiscovered natural product. An authentic sample of obtusallene V was studied by NMR spectroscopy, and the position of the halogens at C-7 and C-13 was reassigned on the basis of a 13C NMR chlorine induced isotopic shift. This revised structure was subsequently confirmed by X-ray crystallography. These findings allow us to confidently conclude that the structures of obtusallenes VII and VI should also be reassigned.