ACD/Labs Blog

Many corrections of erroneous structures published in the literature have been made with the help of Structure Elucidator Suite. In this example, we were interested to know what the result of using Structure Elucidator for the revision of the plebeianiol A structure would be if the NMR data presented in the work of Liang and collaborators were used.

Analysis of the chemical components of the marine bacterium Saccharomonospora sp. CNQ-490 carried out by Fenical and coworkers yielded three novel compounds, including saccharobisindole (molecular formula C₂₆H₂₈N₂O₃). Its chemical structure was elucidated by the interpretation of 1D, 2D NMR (HSQC, HMBC and COSY), and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) data.

Sung et al. isolated two new caryophyllene-type sesquiterpenoids, rumphellol A and B, from the Rumphella antipathies gorgorian coral. These compounds contain a 9-membered ring fused with a cyclobutane ring, which is rarely observed in natural products. We used ACD/Structure Elucidator to confirm the structure of rumphellol A (molecular formula C₁₅H₂₄O₂).

Using the traditional method of structure elucidation based on analysis of HSQC, HMBC and COSY data, the authors deduced a large part of the molecular structure, but the lack of carbons bearing hydrogen atoms prevented them to assemble the full structure. To alleviate this problem, ACD/Structure Elucidator was utilized in Trichopsistide A, molecular formula C₂₃H₂₉NO₅.

Tistechok et al. described the isolation, purification, and structure elucidation of a new naphthoquinone-based meroterpenoid, Furaquinocin L from Streptomyces sp. Je 1-369, which expands the structural diversity of the furaquinocin family of natural products.

Shaker et al. recently reported the isolation of Dichocetide D from the marine fungus Dichotomomyces cejpii under oxygen stress conditions. The structure of Dichocetide D was revised by Elyashberg et al on the basis of chemical considerations and utilization of ACD/Structure Elucidator.

Kim and coworkers isolated a new neolignan, piperkadsin C, and elucidated its structure. However, the structure was revised by the same group in their next article. Structure Elucidator Suite was used to confirm the proposed structure #2, molecular formula C₂₀H₂₀O₆.

The herb Radix Glycyrrhizae has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine for more than a thousand years. Zhao et al isolated a novel symmetrical cyclooctenone compound and elucidated its structure (molecular formula C₂₃H₃₄O₄).

Okpekon et al isolated an unusual new indanone from the shrub Uvaria afzelii Scot Elliot, grown in the West African sub-region, named afzeliindanone. The molecular formula is C₁₆H₁₄O₃.

A new bicoumarin derivative, bidysoxyletine, (with a molecular formula of C₃₆H₄₀O₆) was isolated from the leaves of Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm.