Abstract
We report the isolation of two novel epimeric phomaligadione-derived polyketides, beauvetetraones A-B (1-2), from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Beauvetetraones A and B feature an unprecedented methylene-bridged phloroglucinol skeleton with a highly rearranged scaffold. In addition, a dimer of two phomaligadiones, named beauvetetraone C, was isolated for the first time from a natural source. The structures of compounds 1-3 including their absolute configurations were unambiguously assigned by NMR spectroscopic analyses, phenylglycine methyl ester (PGME) analysis, and quantum chemical ECD calculations. A putative biosynthetic pathway for beauvetetraones A-C is proposed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 162-166 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Organic Chemistry Frontiers |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 21 Jan 2019 |