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Epimeric mixture analysis and absolute configuration determination using an integrated spectroscopic and computational approach

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Subtitle:a case study of two epimers of 6-hydroxyhippeastidine
Structural elucidation has always been challenging, and misassignment remains a stringent issue in the field of natural products. The growing interest in discovering unknown, complex natural structures accompanies the increasing awareness concerning misassignments in the community. The combination of various spectroscopic methods with molecular modeling has gained popularity in recent years. In this work, we demonstrated, for the first time, its power to fully elucidate the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional structures of two epimers in an epimeric mixture of 6-hydroxyhippeastidine. DFT calculation of chemical shifts was first performed to assist the assignment of planar structures. Furthermore, relative and absolute configurations were established by three different ways of computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE) coupled with ORD/ECD/VCD spectroscopies. In addition, the significant added value of OR/ORD computations to relative and absolute configuration determination was also revealed. Remarkably, the differentiation of two enantiomeric scaffolds (crinine and haemanthamine) was accomplished via OR/ORD calculations with cross-validation by ECD and VCD.
Journal: Molecules: a journal of synthetic chemistry and natural product chemistry
ISSN: 1420-3049
Volume: 28
Pages: 1 - 15
Publication year:2022
Keywords:A1 Journal article
Accessibility:Open