Austalide I

Systematic name:

5H-​Furo[3,​4-​i]​oxepino[4,​3-​a]​xanthene-​3,​12-​dione, 6-​(acetyloxy)​-​1,​2,​5a,​6,​7,​7a,​10,​14,​14a,​14b-​decahydro-​13-​methoxy-​5,​5,​7a,​9,​14b-​pentamethyl-​, (5aS,​6R,​7aS,​14aR,​14bR)​- (9CI)

Molecular formulae: 

C27H34O8

Molecular weight: 486.6

Chemical abstract number: 96817-08-2

Literature reference:

  • Metabolites of Aspergillus ustus. Part 1. Application of the heteronuclear selective population inversion (SPI) NMR technique to the structure elucidation of the austalides A-​F, novel ortho ester meroterpenoids. Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert; Rabie, Christiaan J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1985), (2), 345-56.
    Metabolites of Aspergillus ustus. Part 3. Structure elucidation of austalides G-​L. Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert; Rabie, Christiaan J. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1985), (2), 363-7.
    Metabolites of Aspergillus ustus. Part 4. Stable-​isotope labeling studies on the biosynthesis of the austalides. De Jesus, Amelia E.; Horak, R. Marthinus; Steyn, Pieter S.; Vleggaar, Robert. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: Organic and Bio-Organic Chemistry (1972-1999) (1987), (10), 2253-7.

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