Peyssonnosides A-B, Unusual Diterpene Glycosides with a Sterically Encumbered Cyclopropane Motif: Structure Elucidation Using an Integrated Spectroscopic and Computational Workflow

Bhuwan Khatri Chhetri, Serge Lavoie, Anne Marie Sweeney-Jones, Nazia Mojib, Vijay Raghavan, Kerstin Gagaring, Brandon Dale, Case W. McNamara, Katy Soapi, Cassandra L. Quave, Prasad L. Polavarapu, Julia Kubanek

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Abstract

Two sulfated diterpene glycosides featuring a highly substituted and sterically encumbered cyclopropane ring have been isolated from the marine red alga Peyssonnelia sp. Combination of a wide array of 2D NMR spectroscopic experiments, in a systematic structure elucidation workflow, revealed that peyssonnosides A-B (1-2) represent a new class of diterpene glycosides with a tetracyclo [7.5.0.01,10.05,9] tetradecane architecture. A salient feature of this workflow is the unique application of quantitative interproton distances obtained from the rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy (ROESY) NMR experiment, wherein the β-d-glucose moiety of 1 was used as an internal probe to unequivocally determine the absolute configuration, which was also supported by optical rotatory dispersion (ORD). Peyssonnoside A (1) exhibited promising activity against liver stage Plasmodium berghei and moderate antimethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activity, with no cytotoxicity against human keratinocytes. Additionally, 1 showed strong growth inhibition of the marine fungus Dendryphiella salina indicating an antifungal ecological role in its natural environment. The high natural abundance and novel carbon skeleton of 1 suggests a rare terpene cyclase machinery, exemplifying the chemical diversity in this phylogenetically distinct marine red alga.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8531-8541
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume84
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes

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